This weekend's GAA Congress will see the election of a new GAA President to succeed John Horan.
There are five candidates in the hunt for the position - Jim Bolger (Carlow), Jarlath Burns (Armagh), Larry McCarthy (Sligo/New York), Jerry O'Sullivan (Cork) and Mick Rock (Roscommon).
The winner will serve as the 40th GAA President and will occupy the role from 2021 to 2024.
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Here's the lowdown on the five names on the ballot.
Jim Bolger
County: Carlow
Current position: Member of GAA Management committee, outgoing Leinster chair
Occupation: Local authority health and safety officer
Who?: Born in Hacketstown in Carlow, Bolger is a member of the Clonmore club and launched his candidacy for the Presidency in October.
A former inter-county player and selector with Carlow, Bolger was elected Leinster GAA chairman in January 2017 and has served in the role since then.
He previously filled the roles of treasurer and vice-chairman in the Leinster Council.
His deputy, Offaly's Pat Teehan, was elected as his successor last month.
Stance on issues: Bolger says he's eager to better support volunteers, so their time is less devoted to fundraising and more on strategic planning.
He also advocates the development of a 'general manager' position in each county, whereby a figure answerable to the county board would organise the logistics surrounding county teams, taking it out of the hands of the team manager.
What he says: "The objective is to ensure that our volunteers can think more strategically and not be preoccupied with fund-raising and the challenges around fund-raising and keeping teams going.
"We know the cost of running inter-county teams, which is astronomical really, and I think it's not sustainable from my perspective. And from the GAA's perspective, it's definitely not sustainable to fund inter-county teams to the levels we are at present."
Listen to full interview with Jim Bolger on RTÉ Saturday Sport (15 February)
Jarlath Burns
County: Armagh
Current position: Member of Ulster Council executive
Previous roles: GAA Management Committee, Central Council (2000-03), Chair of Standing Committee on Playing Rules, Chair of 125th Anniversary Committee.
Occupation: Principal, St Paul's Bessbrook
Who?: The Silverbridge Harps clubman has had a long career as both player and administrator.
Burns played for Armagh for over a decade, captaining the county to the Ulster title in his final year in 1999, their first provincial success in 17 seasons.
Immediately upon his inter-county retirement, he became a high-profile administrator, serving on Central Council between 2000 and 2003 and becoming the first players' representative to sit on the Ard Comhairle.
He was chairman of both the Standing Committee on the Playing Rules and the 125th Anniversary Committee. Burns is currently the Armagh delegate to Ulster GAA and serves on the management committee of both Armagh and Ulster GAA.
Stance on issues: Burns cites two particular areas of priority - reining in elitism in order to protect amateur status and devoting particular attention to strengthening the GAA in urban Ireland in light of changing demographics.
What he says: "Yes, we have maintained our amateur status in the sense that we're not paying our players still. But I think amateur status has to go beyond that. The game has to be accessible to everyone who wants to play it, that's where the philosophy of an amateur status comes in.
"I don't think our inter-county game at the moment is accessible to everyone who wants to play it. I think it's getting away from us a wee bit, the elitism of the game and the demands that are being made on players. All the studies, all the reports, and all the anecdotal evidence is pointing that way.
"I think under my presidency, if I am successful, I would like in some way to start re-dedicating ourselves to the amateur status, and pulling ourselves back from where we are at the moment in the county game.
Listen to full interview with Jarlath Burns on RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday Sport (16 February)
Larry McCarthy
County: New York
Current position: GAA Trustee and Management Committee member
Occupation: Associate Professor, Department of Management, Seton Hall University, New Jersey
Who? Born and brought up in Cork, where his home club was Bishopstown, McCarthy won an All-Ireland club football title with Thomond College (Limerick) in 1978.
After a couple of years teaching in Malahide and playing with Raheny, he emigrated to New York in 1985 to do a Masters degree. He is involved with the Sligo football club in New York, and has served with New York GAA for a long time, as secretary for six years and chairman for three years.
He works as a lecturer in Sports Management in Seton Hall University.
McCarthy says that if elected President, he'll be resident in Ireland for his three-year term.
Stance on issues: McCarthy does not believe the GAA are running too many competitions. He is in favour condensing the county championship, he is critical of the placing of the U20 football championship related to its impact on college competitions.
He is wary of what he contends is the GPA's lurch towards elitism. Is critical of the GPA's approach when fund-raising in America, claiming they fail to properly connect with the GAA organisation in the States, though he does acknowledge they provide "excellent" services for players.
What he says: "I think we have to do a better job of managing and maybe condensing the inter-county championship a little bit. I think we really have to go back and look at where we've placed the U20 championship because the impact that has had on schools and colleges and universities has been huge...
"Probably the biggest sponsors of the GAA in Ireland are not the commercial entities but the colleges and universities in terms of their investment in facilities. And if you're an accountant sitting in a back office in DCU and you see these pitches not being used, you're going to query it."
Listen to full interview with Larry McCarthy on RTÉ 1 Saturday Sport (15 February)
Jerry O'Sullivan
County: Cork
Current position: Member of GAA Management Committee
Previous roles: Munster GAA chair (2016-19), Cork chairman (2009-11)
Occupation: Retired telecoms engineer
Who?: O'Sullivan was born in the hurling heartland of Cloyne, the club with which he hurled until into his 40s.
He was chairman of Cloyne from the mid-70s until the early 90s, during which he was also a player. He also served as PRO of the East Cork Board and later became chairman between 1992 and 1997.
Was elected as chairman of the Cork county board between 2009 and 2011 and was elected Munster chairman in 2016, finishing out his three year term last year when he was succeeded by Limerick's Liam Lenihan.
He is father of former Cork hurlers, Diarmuid and Paudie O'Sullivan.
Stance on issues: Believes the GAA is in rude health but is concerned the less successful counties failing to move through the grades, particularly in hurling.
What he says: "I don't think so (we're heading for 'pay for play'). I don't see how the organisation could sustain pay-for-play. Maybe a very small, limited number of counties might be able to sustain it.
"But then you wind up with maybe two or three teams dominating everything. And that's not good for the game, or the organisation, or indeed for the counties taking part."
Listen to full interview with Jerry O'Sullivan on RTÉ 1 Sunday Sport (16 February)
Mick Rock
County: Roscommon
Current position: Chair of the National Club Committee
Previous roles: GAA Management Committee and Central Council
Occupation: Retired teacher, currently school placement supervisor for Hibernia College.
Who?: An Elphin clubman, Rock was nominated as a candidate for the Presidency by his county, Roscommon, at a county board meeting last September.
He served for over a decade and a half on Roscommon county board, subsequently moving to the Connacht council, serving in a host of roles, rising to the position of Connacht GAA chair (2015-18).
He was also a member of Central Council and the GAA Management Committee for three years.
If elected, he would be the first President from Connacht since Joe McDonagh (1997-2000).
Stance on issues: Rock bluntly insists that the GAA is running too many competitions, suggesting the pre-season competitions as "the first port of call" and insisting that "you won't fit a quart into a pint glass".
He is unwilling to tamper with county boundaries but is keen to grapple with the financial imbalance in the GAA, and is keen to see counties to scale down the size of their management teams. Eager to give clubs a greater voice and halt any perceived march towards professionalism.
What he says: "We've had inequality in the inter-county game always. We've had an inequality in population and we've been prepared to live with that. But this financial inequality is far more insidious because it is gradually dictating that the richest child in the playground, who has the richest sugar-daddy, is going to win out in the end.
"And that is a professional model taken straight from the Premiership in soccer. I think it has no place in a game that purports to have an amateur ethos."
Listen to full interview with Mick Rock on RTÉ Radio 1 Saturday Sport (15 February)
