Jarlath Burns

Jarlath Burns (Iarlaith Ó Broin; born 1968) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer and current president of the GAA. His league and championship career at senior level with the Armagh county team spanned thirteen seasons from 1987 until 1999.

Career
Burns debuted with the Armagh senior team in 1987 and captained Armagh to an Ulster title in 1999. Burns also won two McKenna Cup titles.

He managed the Ireland women's international rules football team that defeated Australia in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series.

In retirement from playing, Burns has become involved in the administrative affairs of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He has served as an underage manager, club chairman and secretary with his local club. At county level, Burns was Armagh's Central Council delegate from 2010 to 2015. His involvement with the GAA at national level began in 2000 when he was appointed as the first players’ representative to Central Council. Since then, he has been involved in Scór, the GAA's medical and welfare committee, the GAA 125 anniversary committee and the pitch presentations committee, and he chaired the standing committee on playing rules.

In 2013, he became the principal of St Paul's High School, Bessbrook. Burns has worked in the media as a Gaelic football analyst on The Championship on the BBC, and on TG4.

In February 2023, he was elected to succeed Larry McCarthy as President of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Burns' three-year presidential term began on 24 February 2024.

In a wide-ranging interview on BBC Northern Ireland's Talkback on 17 April 2024, Burns spoke to William Crawley over many issues the GAA faces.

Burns, fluent in Irish, is married to Suzanne and they have five children. One of them, Jarly Og, has played for Armagh,  as has a nephew, Paddy.