Paddy Buggy

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Paddy Buggy was the President of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1982 to 1985. He was also a hurler for Kilkenny in the 1950s.

A native of Slieverue in south Kilkenny, Paddy Buggy became president-elect of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1981, taking up the mantle the following year. As president he presided over the centenary celebrations of the organisation in 1984and was generally regarded as an able administrator, particularly close to the grass-root membership. Buggy was also a hurling star for Kilkenny in the 1950s. He won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medal in 1957 as well as a Railway Cup medal with Leinster. Buggy also managed the Leinster team to five consecutive Railway Cup victories from 1971 until 1975.

Very proud of his native roots, Buggy has been vociferous in the campaign to keep Slieverue in County Kilkenny amid moves to have it incorporated into the expanding City of Waterford as a suburb on the northern bank of the river Suir.