Burns’ night as Armagh great wins emphatic presidential vote

NEXT IN LINE: Jarlath Burns (Armagh). Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Jarlath Burns will succeed Larry McCarthy as GAA president in February next year after an emphatic victory in Friday night’s election in Croke Park.

Armagh’s 1999 Ulster SFC winning captain defeated Niall Erskine (Donegal) and Pat Teehan (Offaly) to become the 41st uachtarán, the eighth from Ulster and the sixth from the six counties, the first since Peter Quinn.