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Founder Members 1965

How we started

PRESIDENT:

Jim Gannon

Transportation, Travel Agency

VICE PRESIDENT:

Barrie Woods

Fertiliser Distributing

HON TREASURER:
HON TREASURER:

Vincent Raftery

Accountant

HON SECRETARY:

Tommy Costello

Automobile Parts

Frank Armstrong

General Law Practice

Michael Calahane

Grocery

Bill Cosgrave

Non-Alc. Beverage Manuf.

*Fred Crawford

Grocery (Wholesale)

Sean Doyle

Finance (Loans)

Jim Fairweather

Architecture

Joe Flood

Insurance

*Robin Hall

Flour Milling

Tommy Hamilton

Accountancy

*Neil Herron

Hardware

Austin Jennings

Civil Engineering

Max Kilroy

Veterinary Service

John Keohane

Book Retailing

Charlie McCarthy

General Medical Practice

Joe Martin

Tailoring

John Martin

Drapery

Jack Roberts

Meat Packing

*George Soden

Lumber Distributing

*Tony Toher

Phar. Chemicals Retailing

*Frank Wynne

Printing

* Denotes member of Council.

Past Presidents

1965/66

Jim Gannon

1966/67

Barry Woods

1967/68

Frank Armstrong

1968/69

Tom Costello

1969/70

Jim Fairweather

1970/71

George Soden

1971/72

Sean Doyle

1972/73

John Martin

1973/74

Bob English

1974/75

Tony Toher

1975/76

Dermot O'Hara

1976/77

Sean McManus

1977/78

Max Kilroy

1978/79

Roland Coulter

1979/80

Vincent Raftery

1980/81

Neil Herron

1981/82

Ray Mullen

1982/83

Rory O'Connellain

1983/84

John Quirke

1984/85

Jimmy Harney

1985/86

Peter Hegarty

1986/87

Thiaga Nadaraja

1987/88

Brian Raftery

1988/89

Frank Kerrin

1989/90

Paddy Berwick

1990/91

Georgy Draper

1991/92

Roe Finnegan

1992/93

Michael Horan

1993/94

Des Kennedy

1994/95

Lewis Rhatigan

1995/96

Denis Tierney

1996/97

Tom Kenny

1997/98

Aidan Buckley

1998/99

Paul Horan

1999/00

John Keegan

2000/01

Jim Flood

2001/02

Pat Forkan

2002/03

Ger Quinlivan

2003/04

David Lawlor

2004/05

Dave Kierly

2005/06

Pat Carter

2006/07

John Fitzgerald

2007/08

Gerry Cannon

2008/09

Conor McCarthy

2009/10

Joseph Martin

2010/11

Barry Cannon

2011/12

Hugh Sheridan

2012/13

Brendan Healy

2013/14

Des Foley

2014/15

Sean Doyle

2015/16

Gerry Cannon

2016/17

Hugh McCafferty

2017/18

Neil Brennan

2018/19

Una Dunne-Shannon

2019/20

Arnie Griffin

2020/21

Jimmy Watters

2021/22

Louis Doherty

2022/23

Lorna Gault

2023/24

Pat McNulty

2024/25

Hugh Sheridan

2025/26

Hugh Sheridan

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