Páraic Duffy served as the 18th Director General of the

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. A former chairman of the Monaghan County Board, he replaced

Liam Mulvihill Liam Mulvihill (born 25 May 1946) is an Irish retired Gaelic games administrator. He served as Director-General of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1979 until 2008. Born in Keenagh, County Longford, Mulvihill was the eldest of ten childre ...

in February 2008 and was succeeded by Tom Ryan in April 2018. Paraic was the GAA's player welfare officer from 2006, prior to his appointment as Director General on February 1, 2008.Duffy announced as GAA's new director general , Sport , BreakingNews.ie
/ref> In 2006, Duffy was the chairman of the National Audit Committee and worked on the Coaching and Games Development Committee between 2003 and 2006. He also has previously chaired the GAA's Games Administration Committee between 2000 and 2003. During his playing years as a

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, Paraic had played with Castleblayney Faughs and also was one of the selectors of the

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7 ...

senior county side between 1983 and 1987. He was previously a Secondary School Principal at St Macartan's College in

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., being the first lay principal of that Catholic college.

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