James Nowlan

James Nowlan (1862 - Yuni 1924) ya kasance shugaban Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) daga 1901 zuwa 1921 kuma shine shugaban da ya fi dadewa a wannan kungiyar. Ya kuma kasance wakilin Sinn Féin kuma memba na Gaelic League . A shekara ta 2009, an ambaci sunansa a cikin jerin sunayen Sunday Tribune na 125 Mafi Manyan Mutane A Tarihin GAA. 

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Nowlan a Monasterevin, County Kildare a 1862 kuma an jera shi a cikin cocin yankin kamar yadda ake yin baftisma a Cowpasture, Monasterevi a ranar 25 ga Mayu 1862. Mahaifinsa, Patrick Nowlan, memba ne na farko na Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) kuma abokin James Stephens .  Patrick Nowlan ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa daga garin Kilkenny kuma mai yiwuwa ya ƙaura daga can don yin aiki a Cassidy's Whiskey a Monasterevin. James Nowlan ya kuma horar da shi a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa.  

 Ayyuka 
Nowlan ya kasance memba na Conradh a Gaeilge, mai goyon bayan rayuwarsa na farfado da Harshen Irish kuma mai goyon bayan Sinn Féin tun daga kafuwarta a 1905. A shekara ta 1898, an zabe shi a matsayin alderman na Kamfanin Kilkenny . Ya yi amfani da lokacinsa a wannan matsayi don taimakawa wajen inganta GAA, wanda aka kafa shekaru 14 da suka gabata kuma sabon kungiya ne a lokacin.

 Mutuwa da gado 
Nowlan ya mutu a watan Yunin 1924 a tsakiyar shekarunsa na 70. Nowlan Park, filin wasa na GAA a asalinsa Kilkenny, an sake masa suna don girmama shi shekaru uku bayan haka. An binne shi a makabartar Glasnevin. Babu wani dutse a kan kabarinsa har zuwa 2013 lokacin da GAA ta gina gicciye na Celtic. A watan Satumbar 2016 GAA ta bayyana sabon kofin da ake kira James Nowlan Cup da za a gabatar da shi ga All-Ireland under-21 hurling champions.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1924