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  1. michaelcusack.ie › the-legacy-of-michael-cusackThe Legacy of Michael Cusack

    Michael Cusack was born in Carron, in the remote area of North Clare on 20th September 1847. Carron is a small, remote village in a valley amongst the rocky, limestone escarpments on the edge of the Burren. Cusack was born at the height of the Irish famine. Around the time of his birth, disease was spreading rampantly through the population and ...

  2. www.irishcentral.com › roots › michael-cusack-gaaOn This Day: Michael Cusack, the father of the GAA, is born ...

    Sep 20, 2023 · Michael Cusack was born in Carran, Co Clare on September 20, 1847, and went on to found the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Learn below how the sports organization, perhaps the most valuable ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Michael_Cusack_(GaelicMichael Cusack (Gaelic Athletic Association) - Wikipedia

    Chicago Michael Cusack Hurling Club is a GAA club consisting entirely of American-born players founded in 2008. [ 12 ] A small collection of family papers was donated to the James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway , by his grandniece, Patricia O'Connell.

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    Michael Cusack, founder of the GAA, was born in the small parish of Carron in North Clare, in 1847. His childhood home is now a museum. Michael Cusack was born on 20 September, 1847, in the parish of Carron in North Clare. He grew up on the eastern edge of the Burren in a small cottage with his parents, four brothers and one sister.

  6. www.dib.ie › index › biographyCusack, Michael | Dictionary of Irish Biography

    Cusack, Michael. 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 ...

  7. www.pressreader.com › ireland › irish-centralOn This Day: Michael Cusack, the father of the GAA, is born ...

    Sep 23, 2024 · Michael Cusack was born in Carran, Co Clare on September 20, 1847, and went on to found the Gaelic Athletic Associatio­n (GAA). Learn below how the sports organizati­on, perhaps the most valuable group in the State, saved Ireland during its fight for freedom

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  9. www.rte.ie › 834477-gaa-founder-michael-cusackRTÉ Archives | Sports | GAA Founder Michael Cusack

    The life of Michael Cusack one of the founding members of the GAA. Michael Cusack was born in 1847 during the Famine in Carran in County Clare where his family and the people of the area spoke Irish.