Tributes to ex GAA president

NICKEY BRENNAN led the tributes to the former GAA president Seamus Ó Riain from Tipperary who died on Saturday.

Speaking in Dubai a few hours before the All-stars exhibition game in which the late Mr Ó Riain’s grandson Shane Ryan lined out, Mr Brennan said one of his enduring legacies was the establishment of Féile na nGael as a national festival of youth hurling.

“That was one of his major achievements. To look at the competition today, it has grown out of all proportions,” he said. “Seamus launched it as a modest competition and now it’s a huge festival. That’s a tribute to him.