A Presidential Visit

Her Excellency Mary McAleese, President of Ireland and her husband Dr. Martin McAleese were hosts to a delegation of 50 from the Ulster Council GAA on Monday 8th February in Áras an Uachtaráin. The event was held to recognise the work of Tom Daly, the outgoing President of Ulster GAA and the Ulster GAA 125 Committee.

The delegation included Provincial Director Danny Murphy, Vice President Aogan Farrell, Treasurer Martin McAviney, PRO Michael Hasson and Catherine O’Hara, Chairperson of Ulster Camogie.  Gerry Doherty, former President of the Ulster Ladies Football Council was unable to attend. Members of the Daly family were also in attendance along with members and staff of Ulster GAA.

The President and Dr. McAleese paid tribute to the work of the Ulster Council and to Tom Daly who will step down as President of Ulster GAA at the end of February after three successful years at the helm of Ulster’s largest governing body of sport.

Dr. David Hasson, Roddy Hegarty and Donal McAnallen, the joint editors of the best selling GAA history book “Ulaidh, Eire agus Eile, The Evolution of the GAA” were also recognised at the event and presented President McAleese with a copy of the book which she contributed to – providing a chapter outlining her own personal experience as a member of the GAA.

Video:

Outgoing Ulster President Tom Daly and the Ulster GAA 125 Committee were honoured at a reception hosted by President of Ireland Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin on February 8, 2010:
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