Gerry McAnaney (born 1957) is an Irish football administrator who is elected president of Football Association of Ireland, succeeding Donal Conway.

Background

Gerry was born in

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but grow up in

Rathfarnham Rathfarnham () is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council a ...

, Dublin. He attended the

Templeogue College Templeogue College C.S.Sp is a boys' voluntary secondary school in the suburb of Templeogue, Dublin in Ireland. History and statistics It was founded in 1966 and is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers, a Roman Catholic religious institute. The scho ...

finished in 1975 and began loving football right from his childhood, a fan of Chelsea club, he played in high school and Ranger AFC during the two years of it establishment, although he played for the U-15 in Wales national teams and left the football career to work with

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as Librarian, then he later joined the military which he served as regional director of Military Police and tours of duty with the

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till he held a position of commandant in the Defence Forces. Prior of becoming president of FAI, he contest for vice president which he lost to

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and Heraghty held the position of Gerry in the FAI board same day of the elections after being in the board for many years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McAnaney, Gerry Living people Sportspeople from County Dublin 1957 births Football Association of Ireland officials People from Rathfarnham People educated at Templeogue College