In his first year as president, roughly six motions relating to the opening up of Croke Park were deemed ineligible. I remember one of them carried a placard while wearing a Celtic jersey [that read]: ‘No foreign games in Croke Park.’ And the one guy said: ‘I don’t shake hands with you, you let the Brits into Croke Park. Croke Park was seen worldwide; many people couldn’t believe that an amateur organisation could have such a fine stadium. The Queen came to Croke Park; subsequently, that’s probably the best example of it, that would never have happened if Croke Park wasn’t opened.”