Alison O’Connor: Sidelining women in GAA power structure an own goal in misogyny

The GAA, as an association, leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to gender balance, writes Alison O’Connor

Members of Kilcormac Killoughey GAA club form a guard of honour at the funeral of Ashling Murphy last month. Picture: Damien Eagers/PA

An interesting article posted on the GAA website this week looks at how the association, a bedrock of Irish society with its 700,000 members, is “an entity founded by men and moulded within a patriarchal system”.

Written by the GAA community and health manager, Colin Regan, it surprises on a few levels.