Frank Dineen
Frank Brazil Dineen was a Gaelic games administrator and the fourth President of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
From Ballylanders in County Limerick, he was elected General Secretary of the GAA in 1898 and is the only man to have ever held the two top positions within the Association. An athlete in the 1880s, Dineen was the fastest Irish sprinter of his day.[1] He was also a founder of Ballylanders Shamrocks.[2]
He is also noted as the man who purchased a site on Jones Road in 1908 before donating it to the GAA for free in 1913, the site now of Croke Park. Dineen held the ground in trust for the GAA, which at the time was not able to purchase the land itself. Between 1908 and 1910 he oversaw development of the ground, paying for the improvements himself.[3]
In 2006, Hill 16 was renamed Dineen/Hill 16 in his honour.[4]
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References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/20150403013008/http://www.ballylandersgaa.ie/frank-b-dineen. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Frank B Dineen to be honoured". Hoganstand.com. 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ↑ Jerome O’Connell (2013-12-18). "Croke Park 100th anniversary honours Limerick’s Frank Dineen". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/20150520165259/http://crokepark100years.ie/frank-dineen-visionary-and-key-player-in-croke-parks-history/. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015. Missing or empty
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| Preceded by Peter Kelly (GAA) |
President of the Gaelic Athletic Association 1895 - 1898 |
Succeeded by Michael Deering |