Larry McCarthy: Don’t judge the GAA’s Ban by ‘modern standards’

The Cork man recalled attending “a meeting of the Bishopstown club to get rid of it” in the run up to the 1971 Congress

GAA president Larry McCarthy. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

President Larry McCarthy admits the GAA’s infamous Ban would “take a lot of explaining to anyone in today’s world” but hopes it won’t be judged by “modern standards”.

Contributing to a webinar on Monday night hosted by Queens University to mark 50 years since the Ban was deleted from the GAA rulebook in Belfast, McCarthy insisted the rule was initially well-intentioned.