Seán Carroll from Coolera/Strandhill was elected as Sligo GAA’s new Chairperson at Wednesday night’s Annual Convention.
The Convention was held online with Carroll, who had been secretary of the Sligo GAA Central Competition Control Committee, defeating incumbent Chair Brendan Leonard by 55 votes to 40.
Shamrock Gaels Cormac Kearins was elected as the county board’s new Treasurer in succession to Peter Greene.
Kearins, who comes from a very well-known GAA family in Sooey, defeated Gerry O’Connor (St Pat’s) by 73 votes to 23.
In the night’s other elections, Joe Taaffe retained his Central Council seat ahead of John Niland (Curry).
The other main county executive officers were all returned unopposed.
Tubbercurry’s Dermot Gannon and Padraig Clancy (St Michael’s) were elected as delegates to Connacht Council. Clancy will also be the senior men’s footballers kitman for 2021.
The online Convention was, arguably the shortest in Sligo GAA history, lasting just 75 minutes.
The three motions on the clár were deferred until the new County Board meets in the New Year.
Outgoing Treasurer Peter Greene reported that the county’s overall legacy debt was now less than €650,000 (down from €1.4 million in 2005).
Income and expenditure for the last financial year were both down €150,000 because of the pandemic.
Total income for 2020 was €1,017,194, while total expenditure came in at €818.581 – leaving an operating surplus of €198,613.
There was confirmation too that Sligo GAA Tommy Kilcoyne was stepping down from his honour role as President after five years in the position. His successor will be named at a later date.
Sligo GAA Co Executive 2021
Chairperson: Seán Carroll
Vice-Chair: Declan Rouse
Secretary: Bernadine McGauran
Assistant Secretary: Keith Henry
Treasurer: Cormac Kearins
Assistant Treasurer: David Cummins
PRO: Bart Barrins
Coaching Officer: Peadar Niland
Irish Cultural & Language Officer: Joe Brady
Children’s Officer: Terrence Marren
Development Officer: Richard Brennan.
