When Pádraig Ó Caoimh was 18, he joined the Irish Volunteers. He was a teacher in Presentation Brothers in Cork. Three years later, he gave up teaching to become an officer with the Cork Brigade of the IRA. He was captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison but was considered fortunate to avoid a death sentence. He was released from prison in 1922 and went to work for a tobacco company. In 1929, he resigned from that position when he was elected Secretary General of the GAA. Ó Caoimh had a vision. He felt the GAA should have a…

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