| Patrick Breen | |||||||||||||
| Office1: | President of the Gaelic Athletic Association | ||||||||||||
| Term1: | 1924-1926 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Carrig-on-Bannow, County Wexford, Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Education: | St Patrick's College, Dublin | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Sports administrator | ||||||||||||
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Patrick Breen was a sports administrator who served as the eighth president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1924–1926).[1] In his youth, Breen competed in both football and hurling.
As a football player, Breen won two All-Ireland senior medals, one with Dublin in 1902, one with Wexford in 1914.[1] [2] He held a variety of administrative positions at all levels. At county level, he served as secretary and chairman; he was a member of Leinster council for 25 years, serving as its chairman from 1922 to 1923.[3] In 1922, Breen came to prominence at Congress when he spoke out against the Ban (Rule 27, which forbade the playing or promotion of foreign games).[2]