Luke O'Toole

{{Short description|Gaelic sporting administrator first Secretary-General of the GAA}}

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| name = Luke O'Toole

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| office = Secretary-General of the Gaelic Athletic Association

| term_start = 1901

| term_end = 1929

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| predecessor = Frank Dineen

| successor = Pádraig Ó Caoimh

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1873|10|25}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1929|7|17|1873|6|21}}

| birth_place = Ballycumber, County Wicklow, Ireland

| death_place = Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland

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Luke Joseph O'Toole (21 June 1873 – 17 July 1929) was an Irish Gaelic games administrator. He served as the first full-time Secretary-General of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1901 until 1929.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/memories-of-a-giant-27758884.html|title=Memories of a giant|date=5 September 2001|publisher=Wicklow People|access-date=21 July 2017}}

O'Toole is credited with changing the GAA and, when he died in office in 1929 is described as leaving behind "an organisation which was prosperous, efficient, owned its own grounds and offices" and organised well-run championships. He was a key figure in the negotiations leading to the development of a playing field at Jones' Road which later became Croke Park. O'Toole also organised the Tailteann Games in 1924 and 1928.