Born in County Tipperary, Ryan played both hurling and football for UCD, acting as UCD’s representative in the Dublin county board in the 1920s. He was the youngest person to have been elected president of the GAA. Also the only practicing lawyer to serve as president, Ryan served as legal adviser to the GAA for almost 30 years after his presidency.[1] During this time, he was involved in the acquisition of several grounds for the GAA.
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seán, ryan, sports, administrator, seán, ryan, 1895, march, 1963, tenth, president, gaelic, athletic, association, 1928, 1932, born, county, tipperary, ryan, played, both, hurling, football, acting, representative, dublin, county, board, 1920s, youngest, perso. Sean Ryan 1895 7 March 1963 was the tenth president of the Gaelic Athletic Association 1928 1932 Born in County Tipperary Ryan played both hurling and football for UCD acting as UCD s representative in the Dublin county board in the 1920s He was the youngest person to have been elected president of the GAA Also the only practicing lawyer to serve as president Ryan served as legal adviser to the GAA for almost 30 years after his presidency 1 During this time he was involved in the acquisition of several grounds for the GAA This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3 0 license References edit Gaa Presidents GAA History About the GAA GAA Archived from the original on 3 May 2012 Retrieved 2 September 2014 Sporting positionsPreceded byLiam Clifford President of the Gaelic Athletic Association1928 1932 Succeeded bySean McCarthy nbsp This Gaelic games biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sean Ryan sports administrator amp oldid 1105687202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
