Peter Kelly (GAA)

Biography:

Peter Kelly was President of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Kelly was a native of Killeenadeema Loughrea. He and a number of other men from the area - William J. Duffy John P. McCarthy John Sweeney Loughrea; Michael Glennon Kilchreest - who asked Bishop Patrick Duggan to become the patron of the nascent G. A. A.. He declined citing his poor health suggesting instead Archbishop Thomas Croke of Cashel.