President of the Gaelic Athletic Association

The president is elected at Annual Congress. He then serves as -elect for one year.

In 1981, John Kerry O'Donnell became the first overseas member of the GAA to run for president.^[3]

In 2020, Larry McCarthy became the first overseas member of the GAA to be elected as president.^[3]

The following presidents (listed chronologically from their term in office) are missing dates of birth and/or death in the list above: Edward Bennet (birth), Peter Kelly (birth), Frank Dineen (birth), Michael Deering (birth), James Nowlan (birth), Patrick Breen (birth/death), Seán Ryan (birth), Seán McCarthy (birth), Bob O'Keeffe (death), Pádraig MacNamee (birth/death), Séamus Gardiner (birth), Dan O'Rourke (birth), Aodh Ó Broin (birth), Donal Keenan (birth), Paddy McFlynn (birth), Peter Quinn (birth), Joe McDonagh (birth), Seán McCague (birth), Christy Cooney (birth), Liam O'Neill (birth), Aogán Ó Fearghail (birth), John Horan (birth), Larry McCarthy (birth).

Seán Kelly introduced the President's Awards.

They are awarded annually.^[17][18]

Donal Keenan, Con Murphy, Paddy Buggy and Nickey Brennan all won All-Ireland medals as players before becoming president.

John Dowling was with the Tullamore club as a dual player, but at inter-county level his involvement was more as a referee, officiating in five All-Ireland finals.^[19]

Peter Quinn played for Teemore in Fermanagh, winning a Junior Football Championship. However, his only involvement with the Fermanagh seniors was in the Dr Lagan Cup and some challenge matches; he was never even included in a championship panel.^[19]

Seán McCague played junior club football for most of the time but at inter-county level he was a manager.^[19]

Jack Boothman played for the Blessington club.^[19]

Liam O'Neill played with the Trumera club at junior level, though featured at senior level on hurling teams while studying at St Pat's and UCD.^[19]

Aogán Ó Fearghail played locally for 12 years but won no championship games.^[19]

John Horan played for Na Fianna in his late twenties.^[19]

The highlight of Larry McCarthy's playing career was winning the 1977–78 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with Thomond College.^[19]

Jarlath Burns made his debut with the Armagh senior team in 1987. Over the course of the following thirteen seasons he had little success; however, the highlight of his career was captaining Armagh to an Ulster title in 1999. Burns also won two McKenna Cup titles.

• ? was the oldest president to enter office, aged ?.
• ? was the oldest president to leave office, aged ?.
• Seán Ryan was the youngest president to enter office, aged ?.
• ? was the youngest president to leave office, aged ?.
• ?, who died in office, had the shortest presidency of ? days.
• ?, who resigned, served for ? days.
• Maurice Davin uniquely served for two terms.
• James Nowlan is the longest-serving.
• Pat Fanning was the former president to have survived the longest after serving.^{[clarification needed][20]}
• Michael Deering was the only president to die in office.^{[citation needed]}
• Only twice have there been consecutive presidents from the same province: Joseph Stuart (1958) and Aodh Ó Broin (1961) of Leinster and Séamus Ó Riain (1967) and Pat Fanning (1970) of Munster.^[21]
• Leinster had three consecutive presidents from different counties (Kilkenny, Dublin, Wexford) between 1901 and 1926.
• Munster then had three consecutive presidents from different counties (Limerick, Tipperary, Cork) between 1926 and 1935.
• Five of the seven Ulster presidents came from north of the border.^[22] The other two were Seán McCague (Monaghan) and Aogán Ó Fearghail (Cavan).

By county

• The following counties have had multiple presidents:

By province

	Province	Presidents	Top county	Most recent
1	Munster	14	Cork (4)	Christy Cooney (Cork)
2	Leinster	12	Kilkenny (3)	John Horan (Dublin)
3	Ulster	8	Antrim/Armagh (2)	Jarlath Burns (Armagh)
4	Connacht	6	Galway (3)	Joe McDonagh (Galway)
5	Overseas	1	New York (1)	Larry McCarthy (New York)