Tony Bass
Tony Bass (Born 1963/4) is an Irish gaelic games administrator who served as the 9th Chairperson of Gaelic Games Europe from 2017-2020[1]. He is from Dublin, Ireland and lives in Maastricht in the Netherlands.
Biography
Bass is a former secretary of the Cuala G.A.A. club in County Dublin where he was instrumental in developing the juvenile section of the club with Damian Byrne, former Dublin hurling team goalkeeper[2]. He contested the election for Chairperson of Dublin GAA in 1999[3]. In 2004, Bass became secretary of Gaelic Games Europe, a position he held until 2014 and was the first European delegate to the Central Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA from 2012-2017. In 2017 he was elected Chairperson and served for three years[4].
During this time, Bass lobbied for international recognition of gaelic games and advocated for gaelic games to become an Olympic sports[5]. His contribution to developing gaelic games internationally was recognised with a GAA President's Award in 2021
References
- ↑ "Gaelic Games Europe", Wikipedia, 2021-03-05, retrieved 2021-03-09
- ↑ Watterson, Johnny. "My Club: Cuala". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "Chairman holds off challenge". independent. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ↑ "Gaelic Games Europe", Wikipedia, 2021-03-05, retrieved 2021-03-09
- ↑ Gallagher, Mark (17 February 2013). "Europe goes GAA GAA". The Irish Mail on Sunday. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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