Peter Kelly (sports administrator)

Peter Kelly (1847 – 7 April 1908) was president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in the late 1880s.^[1]

Kelly was born in Kilchreest and raised in Killeenadeema, Loughrea.^[2] He and a number of other men from the area - William J. Duffy, John P. McCarthy, John Sweeney, Loughrea; Michael Glennon, Kilchreest - asked Bishop Patrick Duggan to become the patron of the nascent GAA.^{[citation needed]} Duggan declined citing his poor health, suggesting instead Archbishop Thomas Croke of Cashel. Kelly attended the foundation of the association at Thurles in November 1884.^{[citation needed]} He served as umpire during the Loughrea hurling tournament of 1887, which was attended by over three thousand people.^{[citation needed]} He was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "GAA History > GAA Presidents". Official GAA Website. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ Pat O'Looney, ed. (2009). Killeenadeema Aille: History and Heritage/Stair agus Oidhreacht. Killeenadeema Historical and Heritage Society. ISBN 978-0-9561736-0-7.

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[gaa-1] "GAA History > GAA Presidents". Official GAA Website. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

[2] Pat O'Looney, ed. (2009). Killeenadeema Aille: History and Heritage/Stair agus Oidhreacht. Killeenadeema Historical and Heritage Society. ISBN 978-0-9561736-0-7.

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