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Pól MacSeain
Pól McSeain was born Paul Johnston in 1888. He was a son of John Patrick Johnston and Julia Reilly (Arva). He was brought up in the Fenian tradition and like his father John Patrick Johnston he identified himself from an early age with every national endeavour. He was very active at county board level and became secretary of Cavan Co Board GAA in 1909 at a time when his own father was Chairman. As Co Board secretary he always signed his name in Irish as Pól MacSeain. Soon he become popularly known as Pól MacSeain and he retained that name ever since. He became secretary of the new Cumann Naomh Fionnan club and its chief organiser. Unlike the other teams this new team experienced success on the field and success bred success. Under Pól’s leadership the new club was able to transcend the local rivalries that had hitherto existed and unite the players into one powerful combination. He served as Chairman of Cavan Co Board GAA in 1926 and 27 and was a great personality in Cavan GAA all his life. Pól was a midfielder for Cornafean, two of Pól's sons played for Cornafean Tom McSeain(midfielder) and Peadar McSeain(Back) You will find more about Cornafean GAA here [GAA]