Father Patrick Tully was a well known figure in Meath GAA

Meath GAA

The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams.- Pre-1960s :...

 circles, particularly for his training of Meath Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 teams of 1949, 1954 and 1967 to All Ireland Senior

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...

 titles. Prior to the 1949 win Meath had never had never won a Senior All Ireland Title.
He was ordained a priest in 1942 and subsequently served in a number of parishes in the Meath dioceses when in 1948 he was posted to Moynalty

Moynalty

Moynalty is a village in the north-west of County Meath in Ireland. It is located at the junction of the R194 and R164 regional roads north of Kells, near the border with County Cavan. It was part of the Kells Poor Law Union...

. While based here he was elected County Board Chairman in 1949, a post he held for 20 years and combined this with training the Meath Senior football team.
As a player he played with Navan De La Salles and Seneschalstown GAA Clubs in Meath. He was one of the organisers of the Meath footballers tour of Australia in 1968 which would lead to the International Rules Series matches between Gaelic Footballers and Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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ers

External links

• http://www.seneschalstowngaa.com/obituaries.aspx