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Life
1864-1927; b. Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, and ed. there; with his brother Tom and Pat he gained athletic fame, holding numerous world records for running, hurdling, jumping and weight-throwing; fnd.-member and first president of the GAA in 1884; also fostered athletics and organised ‘the American invasion’; he resigned from the GAA in reaction to the ban on RIC membership. DIH
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Criticism
See Séamus Ó Riain, Maurice Davin, First President of the GAA (Geography Publ. 1994) [the author was president 1967-70; a champion athlete, and a retired schoolteacher].
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