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The general consensus is that former Armagh captain Jarlath Burns, who has been elected as the GAA President (Uachtarán) for the next three years, is a breath of fresh air. His presentation speeches demonstrate his Grá for the game. His knowledge, leadership and commitment to his club, county and the GAA as a whole, is on a different level to what we have had in recent years imo. I for one would give him as many terms in office as he wants. Very impressed with him and delighted he got the job. I think he will oversee plenty of improvements to our games during his tenure. An fear is fearr don phost…! Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 3981 - 01/04/2024 10:24:28 2534944 Link
Replying To Fionn: "The general consensus is that former Armagh captain Jarlath Burns, who has been elected as the GAA President (Uachtarán) for the next three years, is a breath of fresh air. His presentation speeches demonstrate his Grá for the game. His knowledge, leadership and commitment to his club, county and the GAA as a whole, is on a different level to what we have had in recent years imo. I for one would give him as many terms in office as he wants. Very impressed with him and delighted he got the job. I think he will oversee plenty of improvements to our games during his tenure. A fear is fearr don phost…!" Would love to see him get a 2nd term. He's a brilliant individual. Good luck to him. Overthebar53 (Carlow) - Posts: 284 - 01/04/2024 14:48:56 2534996 Link
Replying To Overthebar53: "Would love to see him get a 2nd term. He's a brilliant individual. Good luck to him." He is not long enough there yet to justify talk of him getting a 2nd term… He has made a very positive start and long may it continue…! ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3029 - 01/04/2024 17:40:03 2535036 Link
Call me cynical if you want, but I'd say presenting cups would be one of the easier tasks required in this role. I fully expect Burns to be a success as president of the GAA, but talk of things like multiple terms in office are a bit premature. .. streaker (Galway) - Posts: 503 - 01/04/2024 18:40:52 2535047 Link
It's early in his term but a huge step on the last one..I hope it continues in this vain ..he is a very impressive man and I couldn't wait to see him take over.. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2379 - 01/04/2024 18:51:31 2535049 Link
Replying To streaker: "Call me cynical if you want, but I'd say presenting cups would be one of the easier tasks required in this role. I fully expect Burns to be a success as president of the GAA, but talk of things like multiple terms in office are a bit premature. .." It probably wasn't the rudimentary task of cup presentation that impressed last Sunday. It was the accompanying oration, the content, the warmth, the charisma, the delivery. I'd label that aspect of it as rare enough, and certainly not 'easy'. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3875 - 02/04/2024 12:10:11 2535157 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "It probably wasn't the rudimentary task of cup presentation that impressed last Sunday. It was the accompanying oration, the content, the warmth, the charisma, the delivery. I'd label that aspect of it as rare enough, and certainly not 'easy'." Totally agree. He's a class act. Malonemagic (Laois) - Posts: 803 - 02/04/2024 12:16:40 2535160 Link
I didn't watch the league final love, saw the highlights but don't think they showed the speech. Most of the GAA presidents are impressive men, some of them make you feel good when they speak (Joe McDonnagh was a great speaker) and some bring positive change to the GAA (and some do both). Previous president McCarthy bringing in updated format change to football championship structure will be remembered in a positive light in years to come, this type of change (a group stage in AI series and different levels for championship(Tailteann)) was talked about for years. That was his signature policy and he delivered (despite some opposition and having to have more than one go at it). Jarlath Burns seems like an impressive man when I see him. Jarlath Burns signature policy seems to be to try to tackle the blanket defense in football which plagues the sport. He has set up a committee to look at rule changes to tackle this. Hopefully he can deliver something meaningful on this. Talk of second term seems unrealistic. I'm no expert on the GAA presidency but I don't ever remember a president being there for more than one term. bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1400 - 02/04/2024 13:04:01 2535170 Link
One thing I like about Burns is that he has vocally supported Catholic education whereas men like McConville want more integrated schools which heavily dilute Irish heritage. PattyONeill (Derry) - Posts: 246 - 02/04/2024 15:03:51 2535197 Link
Replying To PattyONeill: "One thing I like about Burns is that he has vocally supported Catholic education whereas men like McConville want more integrated schools which heavily dilute Irish heritage." Surely it would be nice to move away from some of the heritage of our Catholic schools. Most of our "new" gaelscoileanna are non-denominational. The GAA president is entitled to his personal views but it would not be appropriate as president of the GAA, a non- denominational organisation, to promote Catholic education. sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 795 - 04/04/2024 08:21:43 2535489 Link
Replying To Malonemagic: "Totally agree. He's a class act." burns is a proper gael . his passion for our games and our culture is on a par with our greatest ever president the late lamented joe mcdonagh mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1871 - 04/04/2024 08:38:33 2535491 Link
Replying To CTGAA10: "It's early in his term but a huge step on the last one..I hope it continues in this vain ..he is a very impressive man and I couldn't wait to see him take over.." To be fair it wouldn't have taken much to be a step up. Burns is very impressive, but a lot of work to do still, it's an interesting decade for the GAA I feel. tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1427 - 04/04/2024 09:30:56 2535501 Link
Replying To PattyONeill: "One thing I like about Burns is that he has vocally supported Catholic education whereas men like McConville want more integrated schools which heavily dilute Irish heritage." The Catholic Church doesn't define Irish Heritage. tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1427 - 04/04/2024 09:34:00 2535502 Link
Replying To tearintom: "The Catholic Church doesn't define Irish Heritage." Do those "integrated" schools in the North do Gaelic games, Gaeilge, Irish history or geography? Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1956 - 04/04/2024 10:17:41 2535515 Link
Replying To sligo joe: "Surely it would be nice to move away from some of the heritage of our Catholic schools. Most of our "new" gaelscoileanna are non-denominational. The GAA president is entitled to his personal views but it would not be appropriate as president of the GAA, a non- denominational organisation, to promote Catholic education." In fairness Burns is the principal of a school that is a Catholic school so natural he defends it. In the North I'd guess under the original Stormant system educating Catholics/ nationalists wouldn't have been a government priority so was probably badly needed up there. We can pick out negative issues with Catholic church but in fairness they for the most part set up second level education in Ireland and world wide it is highly rated. This system helped drag a lot of people out of poverty. bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1400 - 04/04/2024 10:25:34 2535516 Link
I think Jarlath Burns will be a great President but he will not be without controversy.Its not too long ago he called to get rid of the national anthem before big games.(I personally would nt like that)but tbf to Jarlath he felt it would encourage more people to play and get involved in the gaa.He seems to be a very fair and likeable man and I think he will be very popular. CiarraiMick (Dublin) - Posts: 3844 - 04/04/2024 11:22:04 2535554 Link
Replying To bdbuddah: "In fairness Burns is the principal of a school that is a Catholic school so natural he defends it. In the North I'd guess under the original Stormant system educating Catholics/ nationalists wouldn't have been a government priority so was probably badly needed up there. We can pick out negative issues with Catholic church but in fairness they for the most part set up second level education in Ireland and world wide it is highly rated. This system helped drag a lot of people out of poverty." Absolutely no problem with Jarlath Burns promoting whatever ever type of education he favours, in a private capacity or in his capacity as a school principal but if he used his position as GAA President to promote Catholic schools over other schools, well that would be totally out of order, I'm sure he is well clever enough to know that and to separate his roles. In my previous post I was just addressing a poster who suggested that Jarlath was a President to admire because he favoured Catholic education. sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 795 - 04/04/2024 13:44:02 2535605 Link
People might do well to understand why there are Catholic schools in the north before they start to lecture someone from Armagh about "integrated education." Nothing "integrated" at all about the north until recently so Catholics had to establish their own community organisations and even businesses. Majority of both communities choose to have separate schools and that is their choice. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3120 - 05/04/2024 08:05:46 2535744 Link
Catholic parents in the north could have sent their children to state schools if they so wished but declined to do so as they had no wish to see their children grow into loyal British subjects. tireoghainabu (Tyrone) - Posts: 338 - 05/04/2024 13:00:30 2535809 Link
Didn't the Catholic hierarchy go to the new Stirmont regime in 1921/2 saying we'll look after our schools if ye give us a few £s/pay teachers? Regime agreed because they knew the hierarchy would keep "manners" on their flock. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1956 - 05/04/2024 13:28:13 2535817 Link