Larry McCarthy ( ga, Labhrás Mac Carthaigh; born 1954) is a

Gaelic games Gaelic games ( ga, Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the ...

administrator who is current president of the GAA. A native of Bishopstown, in the

city of Cork Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the city's ...

, he is a member of the Sligo football club in New York and has served with New York GAA in a number of capacities, including secretary, chairman and Central Council delegate. McCarthy received his secondary education at Coláiste Éamann Rís - Cork City. He attended

Thomond College of Education Thomond College of Education, Limerick (''Coláiste Oideachais Thuamhurnhan, Luimneach'' in Irish) was established in 1973 in Limerick, Ireland as the ''National College of Physical Education'' to train physical education teachers. The college ...

for his Bachelor's Degree, has a Master's Degree from New York University, and a Ph.D. fro
The Ohio State University
He is a university lecturer by profession, working at th
Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University
in New Jersey since 1998. At the GAA Congress in 2018, he was elected as one of the GAA’s trustees while he was also part of the Strategic Review Committee during the same year under the stewardship of John Horan. Previously, he sat on the Towards 150 Committee under Aogán Ó Fearghail. He served on the Central Council for three years and was a member of the GAA Finance Committe

He became president

-elect An ''officer-elect'' is a person who has been elected to a position but has not yet been installed. Notably, a president who has been elected but not yet installed would be referred to as a ''president-elect'' (e.g. president-elect of the Unit ...

of the GAA in February 2020, the first overseas person to do so. He formally became president at the

2021 GAA Congress The 2021 GAA Congress was held on 27 February. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it took place virtually, a first in the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The public could also watch it live. The conference marked the formal transition of th ...

, held remotely due to Covid-19 Pandemic restrictions. He flew into Ireland and isolated himself in Dublin (this being before quarantine was strictly enforced) ahead of formally taking on the presidency, during which he is based in Dublin. He is married to Barbara, from Malahide, Co. Dublin, and together they have two grown sons, Conor and Shane.

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* https://www.irishcentral.com/sports/ny-gaa-larry-mccarthy * https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40216640.html * https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40233338.html * https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaa-congress-signals-greater-involvement-of-women-in-organisation-1.4497421 * https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/new-gaa-president-delivers-on-gender-promise-in-first-committees-1.4497536 1954 births Living people Bishopstown Gaelic footballers Bishopstown hurlers Chairmen of county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association Dual players Gaelic football in the United States Lecturers New York County Board administrators Presidents of the Gaelic Athletic Association Secretaries of county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association {{Ireland-bio-stub