Michael Cusack Hurling Club
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UC Berkeley, Purdue or
Indiana University
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Ballintoy, Co. Antrim
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Addison, IL
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About the Michael Cusack's
The Michael Cusack Hurling Club was founded in 2008 as
the first hurling club in Chicago comprised entirely of American-born
players. We invite people of all ethnicities, ages, and skill levels to join
the club. Our mission is to promote Ireland's national sport among Americans
in our city so that the game lives on in Chicago for years to come.
2011 Committee
Honorary Chaplin
Fr. Richard McGrath
Honorary President
John Hunt
Chairperson
Zack Hamilton
Vice Chairperson
B.J. Farmer
Secretary
Patrick Paison
Assistant Secretary
Paul Reynolds
Treasurer
Mike Maher
Assistant Treasurer
Kyle Farmer
Registrar
Stephen Crean, Tommy Dolan
PROs
Keith Cain, Brian Connolly,
Matt Schwertfeger
Managers
Shay McShane, Paul Reynolds
Selector
Patrick Cullinane
Michael Cusack
Michael Cusack, a
native of Carron, Co. Clare, was a founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
Born in 1847, he was an accomplished athlete, qualified as a national school
teacher and later joined the civil service. He eventually moved to Dublin where
he spent most of his life.
Hurling had
existed for thousands of years in Ireland but foreign sports were being imported
and becoming popular. Cusack believed that Irish games were in danger of dying
out. After establishing the Dublin Hurling Club and Metropolitan Hurling Club,
he considered founding a national organization to preserve Irish games. He
published articles in newspapers appealing to all Irish people to reject foreign
imported sports and customs and wished to nationalize and democratize sports in
Ireland, He believed that playing distinctively Irish games would promote an
interest in Irish culture and traditions and stimulate pride in identity and
nation. Following Cusack's publications, articles from Maurice Davin appeared
in newspapers articulating support for Cusack's ideas. Together, they announced
their intention of a national organization and for all interested to attend a
meeting. On November 1, 1884, Michael Cusack, Maurice Davin, and a handful of
supporters met in Thurles, Co. Tipperary and established a league that would
become the Gaelic Athletic Association. Michael Cusack passed in 1906.
To this day, the
GAA is one of the largest sports organizations in the world with clubs and
competitions taking place on every inhabited continent on the Earth. It is with great
honor and pride that the Michael Cusack Hurling Club adopts as their official
title, a man, that without whose tireless efforts and enduring vision, the club would not exist.
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Practices Have Started
Mondays and Wednesdays
6:15pm
Gaelic Park
Full Team Meeting
Wednesday May 18
After Training
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