Bryan O'Donnell
Current President 2026-27
Mr O’Donnell was an all-round sportsperson from an early age, whose interests included competitive swimming, athletics, rugby, fishing and cricket.
The latter of these became possibly his true sporting passion and played club cricket with numerous clubs, but possibly most significantly for Cork County Cricket Club, where he was captain of the Club during its Centenary Year in 1974. He played Guinness Cup from 1970 to 1988 and represented his province from the age of 17. He was also a founding member of Cork Harlequins Cricket Club.
After retiring from playing cricket, Mr O’Donnell went into swimming coaching and other voluntary administrative roles – and he served as Treasurer of the Munster Cricket Union from 2012 to 2021.
Cricket Ireland Presidents' Honour Roll (1946- )
- 1946 SH Jackson (NCU)
- 1947 RH Lambert (CL)
- 1948 W Andrews (NCU)
- 1949 JG Oulton (CL)
- 1950 JC Picken (NCU)
- 1951 JG Oulton (CL)
- 1952 W Andrews (NCU)
- 1953 L Amoroso (CL)
- 1954 J Macdonald (NCU)
- 1955 WP Hone (CL)
- 1956 W Pollock (NCU)
- 1957 TH McVeagh (CL)
- 1958 TG McVeagh (CL)
- 1959 C Nicholson (NWCU)
- 1960 C Nicholson (NWCU)
- 1961 JR Gill (CL)
- 1962 Sir R Kinahan (NCU)
- 1963 CCG O’Donnell (MCU)
- 1964 TW Grainger (NCU)
- 1965 JB Ganly (CL)
- 1966 EDR Shearer (NCU)
- 1967 KP Tanham (CL)
- 1968 AH Montgomery (NWCU)
- 1969 TA Doyle (CL)
- 1970 D Moreland (NCU)
- 1971 AP Harris (MCU)
- 1972 W Ritchie (NCU)
- 1973 AB Robertson (CL)
- 1974 J Hunter (NWCU)
- 1975 BE Kernan (CL)
- 1976 CS Cave (NCU)
- 1977 TA Dunlop (CL)
- 1978 M Nicholson (NWCU)
- 1979 NC Mahony (MCU)
- 1980 JS Pollock (NCU)
- 1981 HD Cashell (CL)
- 1982 DW Todd (NWCU)
- 1983 JD Caprani (CL)
- 1984 AD Rose (NCU)
- 1985 FA Malin (CL)
- 1986 M Bannigan (NWCU)
- 1987 PJ Dineen (MCU)
- 1988 C Walker (NCU)
- 1989 WI Lewis (CL)
- 1990 GS Craig (NWCU)
- 1991 KF O’Riordan (CL)
- 1992 HC McCall (NCU)
- 1993 AJ Linehan (NCU)
- 1994 E de’H Dexter (CL)
- 1995 AJ O’Riordan (CL)
- 1996 M Rea (NCU)
- 1997 JP Wright (CL)
- 1998 EA McDermott (CL)
- 1999 JD Monteith (NCU)
- 2000 R Torrens (NWCU)
- 2001 D Scott (CL)
- 2002 E McCann (MCU)
- 2003 SC Corlett (NCU)
- 2004 RJL Kerr (NWCU)
- 2005 JSL Mitchell (CL)
- 2006 R Harrison (NCU)
- 2007-08 T Prior (CL)
- 2008-09 JH Caldwell (NCU)
- 2009-10 Arthur Vincent (CL)
- 2010-11 Dr Basil McNamee (NCU)
- 2011-12 Richard Johnson (NCU)
- 2012-13 Jimmy Joyce/Arthur Vincent (CL)
- 2013-14 Robin Walsh (NCU)
- 2014-15 Joe Doherty (NWCU)
- 2015-16 Dr Murray Power (NCU)
- 2016-17 Henry Tighe (CL)
- 2017-18 Brian Walsh (NWCU)
- 2018-19 Aideen Rice (CL)
- 2019-20 David O’Connor (CL)
- 2020-22 Philip Black (NCU)
- 2022-23 David Griffin (MCU)
- 2023-24 William Wilson (NWCU)
- 2024-25 Stella Downes (CL)
- 2025-26 Donna Armstrong (NCU)