Frank Dorr

Frank Dorr, a native of Foxford,back row fourth from the left, was a member of the committee that called the inaugral meeting of the GAA in Hayes' Hotel in Thurles. He would in all probability be the first secretary of the GAA but for the fact that as a leading nationalist figure in the West of Ireland, he was obliged to go to America on IRB business. He later became first secretary of the Connacht Council of the GAA. The AIB Bank premises in Claremorris was the site where the Connaught Council was founded on November 9, 1902. It was known as Ryans Commercial Hotel at that time. The council’s first officers were: President, Joseph McBride (Westport); secretary, Frank Dorr (Foxford) and treasurer, M.C. Shine (Tuam).

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