John Egan is a former Dublin GAA

Dublin GAA

Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...

 County Chairman. He was also known as Seán Mac Aogáin and was active in the promotion of the Irish language

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

. He was elected to the chair in 1998 and served as chairman until 2002 and a member of Clan na nGael GAA Club in Ringsend County Dublin

County Dublin

County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...

.http://www.hill16.ie/viewstoryhill16.asp?mainheading=Word+on+The+Hill&id=8567&viewstory=yes 'Aged 56, Mr Egan died after his bicycle was in collision with a parked car in Enfield, Co. Meath. He was brought to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown but died from his injuries.'http://www.hoganstand.com/dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=79770 Egan is the former principal of Haddington Road Boys’ National School in County Dublin.http://www.gaa.ie/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=19432

External links

• Dublin GAA Website

I was taught by the man, He was the most inspirational character that I ever had the privilege of knowing,That is a fact!!!