| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Fainín | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born |
25 August 1918 Waterford | ||
| Died | 14 March 2010 (aged 91) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1930s–1950s | Mount Sion | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Waterford titles | 7 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1940s–1950s | Waterford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
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Pat Fanning (25 August 1918 – 14 March 2010)[1] was an Irish hurler who played for his local club Mount Sion and at senior level for the Waterford county team in the 1940s and 1950s. He won the county championship on seven occasions. Fanning also served as the 23rd president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1970 until 1973,[2] and was honorary life president of Waterford's county board.[3]
His election in succession of fellow Munster man Seamus Ryan marked the second time in history a province had consecutive presidents of the Gaelic Athletic Association.[4] Fanning was the former president of the Gaelic Athletic Association to have survived the longest after serving.[5]
- ^ "GAA chief oversaw scrapping of 'the ban'". The Irish Times. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ "Death of former GAA president Pat Fanning". RTÉ. 14 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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Of the last 20 GAA presidents seven were from Leinster, five each from Ulster and Munster and three from Connacht and on only two occasions did a province produce successive presidents. These were Dr Joe Stuart (1958) and Hugh Byrne (1961) from Leinster, and Seamus Ryan (1967) and Pat Fanning (1970) from Munster. Rather amazingly, Munster went 27 years without a president prior to Sean Kelly's election in 2003.
- ^ Seán Moran (15 March 2010). "Death of former president". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
He was the longest-surviving ex-president, having served in office between 1970 and 1973.