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'''Michael Cusack''' (] - ]) was an ] teacher and founder of the ]. '''Michael Cusack''' (] - ]) was an ] teacher and founder of the ].


Born in Carron, ], Cusack became a teacher. He spent some years in the ], but returned to ] and began teaching in ], ], and ]. He opened the Civil Service Academy, a cramming establishment in ], which prospered and gave him a large income. Born in Carron, ] Cusack became a teacher. He spent some years in the ], but returned to ] and began teaching in ], ], and ]. He opened the Civil Service Academy, a cramming establishment in ], which prospered and gave him a large income.


Together with Maurice Davin, of ], ], he called a meeting in Hayes’s Commercial Hotel, ], ], on ], ], and founded the ] (GAA). Together with Maurice Davin, of Carrick-on-Suir, he called a meeting in Hayes’s Commercial Hotel, ], ], on ], ], and founded the ] (GAA).


Davin was elected president and Cusack became its first secretary. Later Archbishop Croke and ] became patrons; it is alleged that ] was also a patron, but this seems unlikely, given the '''apparent''' sectarian atavism that '''seems''' to have inspired '''Citizen Cusack''' (and motivated many other, '''but not all''', nationalists in that unfortunate time period) as he preferred to be known -- see ]'s ] for the character of '''Cusack''', who inspired these words by Joyce about the hapless Bloom: Davin was elected president and Cusack became its first secretary. Later Archbishop Croke, ] and ] became patrons. Cusack died on ], ] at the age of 59.
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But Cusack was blue mouldy for a fight. The porter was up in him.


⚫ The "Cusack Stand" in ] is named in his honour.
-- His country, says he. A bloody jew. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing. His country. No man's land.
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'''It is highly unlikely that the utterer of these words would have been called "Cusack" unless Joyce knew something about the real Citizen Cusack, and he would have known better than any contemporary of today could pretend to do about those turbulent times.'''

Cusack died on ], ] at the age of 59 in Ireland.

⚫ The "Cusack Stand" in ] is named in his honor.


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Michael Cusack (1847 - 1906) was an Irish teacher and founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

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.

Together with Maurice Davin, of Carrick-on-Suir, he called a meeting in Hayes’s Commercial Hotel, Thurles, County Tipperary, on November 1, 1884, and founded the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).

Davin was elected president and Cusack became its first secretary. Later Archbishop Croke, Charles Stewart Parnell and Michael Davitt became patrons. Cusack died on November 27, 1906 at the age of 59.

The "Cusack Stand" in Croke Park is named in his honour.

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