Patrick McQuaid is a former Irish road racing cyclist and later national cycling sport administrator from Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.[1] From a family prominent in Irish cycling, he raced competitively, co-founded a cycle racing club in Dublin and served on the committee of the national cycling federation, including a decade as president.[2]
Life
editMcQuaid was born in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone,[3]: 221–222 with one younger brother, and a sister.[4] He moved to Dublin in 1947 and established a general store in the small district of Ballygall, between Glasnevin and Finglas in the northwestern Dublin suburbs, with his brother Jim opening a greengrocery across the road a year later.[1]
McQuaid and his brother Jim had already been racing in Northern Ireland, and continued in their new home.[1] Paddy McQuaid raced competitively from the 1940s to the 1950s.
Paddy and Jim McQuaid founded a cycle racing club, Emerald Cycling Club (sometimes Emerald Cycle Racing Club), in late 1949. They kept it small and selective, aiming for high race performance;[2] the club survived until the late 1990s, racing nationally and internationally.
McQuaid became involved in the national administration of cycling in 1956, elected as vice-president of the internationally-recognised cycling federation, the CRE, for 1957. He ran for the national presidency in 1958, and was elected, and he continued in that role for about a decade, until the dissolution of the organisation in October 1967. He ran for the presidency in the new national federation, the ICF, which former CRE, and some NCA, clubs, joined, and which he had helped to develop, in November 1967, but lost to Karl McCarthy, and was then elected vice-president, a position he held for another ten years. He was involved in unity efforts within Irish cycling for more than 20 years.
Personal life
editMcQuaid lived in Ballygall, between Glasnevin and Finglas, on moving to Dublin. McQuaid's brother also volunteered in many roles in Irish cycling over decades, until his death in 1991.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).: 221–222 , including at the Olympics, and the eldest, Pat, had a short professional career, a longer career in coaching and national administration, including four years as Irish federation president, and eventually headed the world governing body for cycling for eight years.</ref>[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Pickering, Edward, (Interviewer: Birnie, Lionel). "Who is Pat McQuaid and why is he running our sport?". Cycle Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
{{cite web}}:|first1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Staff journalist (uncredited) (22 June 1998). "My cycling club: Emerald Cycling Club". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ Daly, Tom (2012). The Ras: The Story of Ireland's Unique Bike Race (2nd (1st paperback, original 2003) ed.). Cork, Ireland: The Collins Press. ISBN 9781848891487.
- ^ "Births, Marriages and Deaths - McQuaid". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. 18 September 1991. p. 28.
- ^ Pickering, Edward, Birnie, Lionel. "Interview: who is Pat McQuaid and why is he running our sport?". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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