Larry McCarthy (sports administrator)

Larry McCarthy
Labhrás Mac Carthaigh
McCarthy in 2022
President of the Gaelic Athletic Association
In office
27 February 2021 – 24 February 2024
Preceded byJohn Horan
Succeeded byJarlath Burns
Personal details
Born17 September 1954
Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
OccupationUniversity lecturer

Larry McCarthy (Irish: Labhrás Mac Carthaigh;[1] born 1954) is a Gaelic games administrator who served as president of the GAA from 2021 to 2024.[2] A native of Bishopstown, in Cork city, 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.[3]

  1. ^ "McCarthy: Let's provide underage players with as many games as possible". Hogan Stand. 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ Team, The PA (27 February 2020). "Profiling The Five Candidates In The GAA Presidential Election Race". Pundit Arena. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Cork-born Larry McCarthy becomes GAA's first overseas member to be elected president". Irish Examiner. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.