Legendary GAA administrator Tom Woulfe dies
May 07, 2015
The late Tom Woulfe
The death has occurred of Tom Woulfe, who was one of the main forces behind the removal of the GAA's infamous Rule 27, or 'The Ban' as it was better known.
Aged 99, Mr Wolfe was a native of Ballybunion in Co. Kerry, but lived most of his life in Dublin where he was a founder member of the Civil Service club and was a well-known GAA administrator.
He first proposed dropping Rule 27, which banned GAA members from playing and attending the 'foreign sports' of soccer, rugby, hockey and cricket, in 1959, but it wasn't until 1971 that 'The Ban' was finally deleted at Congress in Belfast.
Among those who campaigned with Mr Wolfe for Rule 27's removal was his Civil Service club-mate and former Mayo All-Ireland football winner, the late Eamonn Mongey.
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