Michael Cusack (1847 - 1906) was an Irish teacher and founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association. 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ...

Born in Carron, County Clare, Cusack became a teacher. He spent some years in the United States, but returned to Ireland and began teaching in Newry, Blackrock College, and Clongowes Wood. He opened the Civil Service Academy, a cramming establishment in Dublin, which prospered and gave him a large income. Image File history File links Michael_cusack. ... County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ... Newry (Irish: Iúr Chinn Trá) is the fourth largest city in Northern Ireland, and ninth in all-Ireland. ... Blackrock College (Irish: Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a Catholic, voluntary, fee-paying secondary school for boys, located in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. ... Clongowes Wood College is a prestigious boys-only secondary school in County Kildare, Ireland run by the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) since 1814, making it one of Irelands oldest Catholic schools. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ...

Together with Maurice Davin, of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, he called a meeting in Hayes’s Commercial Hotel, Thurles, County Tipperary, on November 1, 1884, and founded the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Main St. ... County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. ... Historic print depicting market day in Thurles (August 1848). ... County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ...

Davin was elected president and Cusack became its first secretary. Later Archbishop Croke, Michael Davitt and Charles Stewart Parnell became patrons. Michael Davitt c. ... Charles Stewart Parnell (June 27, 1846 – October 6, 1891) was an Irish political leader and one of the most important figures in 19th century Ireland and the United Kingdom; William Ewart Gladstone thought him the most remarkable person he had ever met. ...

Cusack, also known as "Citizen Cusack" has been identified as the model for the bigoted nationalist character "The Citizen" in James Joyce's Ulysses. Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ... The first edition of Ulysses was published in 1922. ...

Cusack died on November 27, 1906 at the age of 59 in Ireland. November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The "Cusack Stand" in Croke Park is named in his honor. Croke Park (Irish: Páirc an Chrócaigh) in Dublin, Ireland is the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Irelands biggest sporting organisation. ...