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Eventually in 1970 Bertie Coleman proposed the motion of the establishment of senior club All-Irelands at the GAA Congress in Galway in 1970, which was carried by 92 votes to 74 under the Presidency of Pat Fanning.
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.
He was the longest-surviving ex-president, having served in office between 1970 and 1973.
Although this reform was overwhelmingly carried by 30 counties (Sligo and Antrim dissenting) - as a result of a nationwide plebiscite conducted by clubs - it was opposed by then GAA president Pat Fanning, who won many plaudits for his dignified acceptance of the will of the membership.
His assessment of the situation was endorsed by the former president of the GAA, Pat Fanning from Waterford: "It boils down to the fact that the two attacks were held by the two defences," he said.
The "Appreciation Award went to former GAA President and current honorary life president of the County Board Pat Fanning, former county chairmen Paddy Joe Ryan and "yours truly, the country's longest serving county secretary Seamas Grant, county treasurer Tony Morrissey, and one of the greatest administrators of them all, Central Council representative Seamus O'Brien.
The "Appreciation Award went to former GAA President and current honorary life president of the County Board Pat Fanning, former county chairmen Paddy Joe Ryan and "yours truly, the country's longest serving county secretary Seamas Grant, county treasurer Tony Morrissey, and one of the greatest administrators of them all, Central Council representative Seamus O'Brien.
Eventually in 1970 Bertie Coleman proposed the motion of the establishment of senior club All-Irelands at the GAA Congress in Galway in 1970, which was carried by 92 votes to 74 under the Presidency of Pat Fanning.
