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06 Sept 2025

Trina Murray to succeed Mícheál Naughton as LGFA President after Annual Congress

Leinster LGFA President elected as President of Ladies Gaelic Football Association after defeating Down’s Seamus O’Hanlon in an 82-26 vote

Mícheál Naughton is inaugurated as the new President of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association

LGFA President Mícheál Naughton. Photo: Sportsfile (c)

Leinster LGFA President Trina Murray will succeed Donegal's Mícheál Naughton as the new President-elect of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association. 

The Westmeath native was elected as Uachtarán Tofa at the 2024 LGFA Annual Congress, held at the Falls Hotel in Ennistymon, Clare. 

Murray defeated Down’s Seamus O’Hanlon in an 82-26 vote. 

Murray, a clerical officer with Westmeath County Council, will officially take over the reins from Naughton at the LGFA’s 2025 Annual Congress, which will be held in Donegal. 

Murray will become the 14th different President of the LGFA since its inception in 1974, when she officially assumes office next year. 

A native of Moate in County Westmeath, Murray has been serving as Leinster LGFA President, and LGFA vice-President, since January 2021. 

At the time, Murray became the third female Leinster LGFA President in recent history, following in the footsteps of Marie Hickey and Mary Wheatley. 

Next year, she will become the fifth female LGFA President, following previous terms served by Mary Wheatley, Helen O’Rourke (the current LGFA CEO), Geraldine Giles and Marie Hickey. 

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