John Horan (sports administrator)

John Horan (born 1958) is a Gaelic games administrator who served as 39th president of the GAA. He was chairman of the Leinster Council from 2014 to 2017 and was previously vice-chairman from 2011 to 2014. A member of the Na Fianna club in Glasnevin, Horan was the first Dublin-born GAA president since 1924 when Daniel McCarthy finished his three-year term. He is a retired secondary school principal.

He was educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S., Glasnevin, where he also was a teacher and principal. His pupils included Dessie Farrell and Jason Sherlock.

In 2019, Horan unveiled a new manifesto and mission statement for the GAA entitled The GAA: Where We All Belong.

The GAA became the first national sporting Association in Ireland to establish a gender diversity committee. In June 2019, Horan approved the first ever official participation by the GAA in the national Dublin PRIDE Parade. This was following meetings with referee David Gough and Ladies Gaelic Footballer Valerie Mulcahy.

A significant development in his tenure occurred at a GAA Special Congress held at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork on 20 October 2019, where delegates voted in favour of the introduction of a second tier Gaelic Football Championship. This led to the creation of the Tailteann Cup, first staged in 2022 and won by Westmeath.

On 29 January 2019 he delivered the first ever address to the Senate or Seanad Eireann by a GAA President. Other notable firsts included an address at an ecumenical service celebrating Gaelic games in St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin on 26 May 2019.