GAA President Ó Fearghail to feature on TG4 tonight

In the first programme of the new Comhrá series on TG4, the current President of the GAA, Aogán Ó Fearghail, tonight talks about growing up in County Cavan and about the post office he ran with his wife Frances. He talks about his passion for Gaelic games that has led him to the highest elected office in the organisation for which he has worked all his life.

One of TG4’s most popular series has a deceptively simple format – a conversation between the host, the award-winning broadcaster Máirtín Tom Sheáinín and his weekly guest. 

Drumgoon and Cavan native Ó Fearghail succeeded Liam Ó Néill as Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael, taking on the role formally at the end of the GAA’s Annual Congress at the Slieve Russell Hotel in Cavan on Saturday, February 28, 2015. Ó Fearghail made history by becoming the first man from Cavan to be elected to the office of GAA President. He is the first man to be elected to the role from the province of Ulster since Monaghan native Seán McCague, who served from 2000-2003.

Aogán Ó Fearghail is a native of Maudabawn, a rural area close to Cootehill. His club is Drumgoon Éire Óg, the first ever winners of the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. He is married to Frances and they have four children.