Peter Kelly (sports administrator)

Peter Kelly (1847 – 7 April 1908) was president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in the late 1880s.^[1]

Kelly was born in Kilchreest and raised in Killeenadeema, Loughrea.^[2] He and a number of other men from the area, William J. Duffy, John P. McCarthy, John Sweeney, Loughrea; Michael Glennon, Kilchreest, asked Bishop Patrick Duggan to become the patron of the nascent GAA.^{[citation needed]} Duggan declined citing his poor health, suggesting instead Archbishop Thomas Croke of Cashel. Kelly attended the foundation of the association at Thurles in November 1884.^{[citation needed]} He served as umpire during the Loughrea hurling tournament of 1887, which was attended by over three thousand people.^{[citation needed]} He was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.^{[citation needed]}