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Cusack, Michael (1847–1906), GAA founder and sportsman, was born 20 September 1847 in Carron, on the eastern edge of the Burren, Co. Clare, third of five children of Matthew Cusack, herdsman, and Bridget Cusack (née Fleming), both native Irish-speakers. Educated at Carron national school, where he became a monitor, he completed his teacher ...
Cusack was born to Irish speaking parents, in the parish of Carron on the eastern fringe of the Burren, County Clare, in 1847, during the Great Irish Famine. Cusack became a national school teacher, and after teaching in various parts of Ireland became a professor in 1874, in Blackrock College, then known as the French College. In 1877, Cusack ...
Sep 20, 2023 · The GAA has gone on to make a considerable impact on Ireland's history. Michael Cusack, the father of the GAA, was born on this day in 1847. NUI Galway Digital Archives / Public Domain. Michael ...
Sep 23, 2009 · On October 11th 1884, an article, written by Cusack, called “A word about Irish Athletics” appeared in The United Ireland and The Irishman. These articles were supported a week later by a ...
Michael Cusack (1847-1906) was an Irish nationalist best known as being the founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Born in the Burren, County Clare to an Irish-speaking family, Cusack worked as a National School teacher. A romantic and cultural nationalist sympathetic to the Fenians, Cusack lamented at the anglicisation and decline of native Irish athletics. In 1879, a famous ...
Michael Cusack was born on 20 September, 1847 in the parish of Carron on the eastern fringe of the Burren in north Clare. He lived in a small cottage with his parents, four brothers and one sister. The Cusack homestead still stands today. Little is know of his childhood. On Sundays after Mass, Cusack and the other boys in the parish hurled and ...
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Cusack’s interest in traditional games was shared by many, but especially by Maurice Davin (1841-1927), a farmer near Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary and a former athlete with an international reputation. On 11 October 1884 United Ireland and The Irishman featured an article by Cusack, entitled ‘A Word About Irish Athletics’.
