Frank Brazil Dineen | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1862 |
| Died | (aged 54) |
| Resting place | Glasnevin Cemetery, County Dublin |
| Residence(s) | Ballylanders, County Limerick |
Frank Brazil Dineen (1862 – 18 April 1916) was a Gaelic games administrator and the fourth president of the Gaelic Athletic Association. From Ballylanders in County Limerick, he was elected General Secretary of the GAA in 1898 and is the only man to have ever held the two top positions within the Association. An athlete in the 1880s, Dineen was the fastest Irish sprinter of his day.[1] He was also a founder of Ballylanders Shamrocks.[2] He is also noted as the man who purchased a site on Jones Road in 1908 before donating it to the GAA for free in 1913, the site now of Croke Park. Dineen held the ground in trust for the GAA, which at the time was not able to purchase the land itself. Between 1908 and 1910 he oversaw development of the ground, paying for the improvements himself.[3]
- ^ "Frank B Dineen". Ballylanders GAA. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Frank B Dineen to be honoured". Hoganstand.com. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Jerome O'Connell (18 December 2013). "Croke Park 100th anniversary honours Limerick's Frank Dineen". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 29 July 2015.