Christy Cooney [SEP] position held
Christy Cooney
Christy Cooney (Irish: Críostóir Ó Cuana, born 1952 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland) is a Gaelic games administrator, who served as the 36th President of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was elected president at the annual GAA Congress on 12 April 2008 and succeeded Nickey Brennan in the post in 2009 - becoming the 36th President of the GAA.
In the GAA annual Congress in 2005, Nickey Brennan was voted as the new GAA President, only 17 votes ahead of Cooney. Brennan's election
the GAA during the nineties and was elected to the position of Chairman of the Leinster Council. It was during this incumbency in this post that Brennan launched his bid to become President of the GAA. In April 2005 he defeated his Munster Council counterpart, Christy Cooney, and was duly elected President. He took up this position in 2006.
Brennan travelled 160,000 miles in Ireland alone during his three years as President, and visited Great Britain, Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and the Middle East on several occasions