Liam Clifford

William Peter "Liam" Clifford (27 June 1876 – 24 February 1949) was the ninth president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1926–1928).

Involved in the dairy co-operative movement in Limerick and neighbouring Clare for many years, Clifford became the Department of Agriculture’s chief dairy inspector in 1936.[1]

Clifford was chairman of the Limerick county board for 20 years, and also had a term as chairman of the Munster board.

Under Liam Clifford's leadership, the Tipperary team toured America,[2] and the GAA decided to allocate ten percent of gate receipts for ground development, which led to the provision of grounds throughout the country,[3] for which Clifford has been called "the great apostle of grounds development".[4]

References
  1. "GAA Presidents". Gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012.
  2. "Great Limerick Athletes : William P. Clifford" (PDF). Askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Fedamore". Visitballyhoura.com.
  4. Sweeney, Eamonn (13 August 2004). O'Brien Pocket History of Gaelic Sport. The O’Brien Press. ISBN 9780862788544. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

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