| 1. | Maurice Davin | Tipperary | 1884-1887 |
| 2. | Edward Bennet | Clare | 1887-1888 |
| Maurice Davin (2nd term) | Tipperary | 1888-1889 | |
| 3. | Peter Kelly | Galway | 1889-1889 |
| 4. | Frank Dineen | Limerick | 1895-1898 |
| 5. | Micheal Deering | Cork | 1898-1901 |
| 6. | James Nowlan | Kilkenny | 1901-1921 |
| 7. | Daniel McCarthy | Dublin | 1921-1924 |
| 8. | Patrick Breen | Wexford | 1924-1926 |
| 9. | Liam Clifford | Limerick | 1926-1928 |
| 10. | Seán Ryan | Dublin | 1928-1932 |
| 11. | Seán McCarthy | Cork | 1932-1935 |
| 12. | Bob O’Keefe | Laois | 1935-1938 |
| 13. | Pádraig MacNamee | Antrim | 1938-1943 |
| 14. | Séamus Gardiner | Tipperary | 1943-1946 |
| 15. | Dan O’Rourke | Roscommon | 1946-1949 |
| 16. | Michael Kehoe | Wexford | 1949-1952 |
| 17. | Vincent O’Donoghue | Waterford | 1952-1955 |
| 18. | Séamus MacFerran | Antrim | 1955-1958 |
| 19. | Joseph Stuart | Dublin | 1958-1961 |
| 20. | Hugh Byrne | Wicklow | 1961-1964 |
| 21. | Alf Murray | Armagh | 1964-1967 |
| 22. | Séamus Ó Riain | Tipperary | 1967-1970 |
| 23. | Pat Fanning | Waterford | 1970-1973 |
| 24. | Donal Keenan | Roscommon | 1973-1977 |
| 25. | Con Murphy | Cork | 1976-1979 |
| 26. | Paddy McFlynn | Down | 1979-1982 |
| 27. | Paddy Buggy | Kilkenny | 1982-1985 |
| 28. | Mick Loftus | Mayo | 1985-1988 |
| 29. | John Dowling | Offaly | 1988-1991 |
| 30. | Peter Quinn | Fermanagh | 1991-1994 |
| 31. | Jack Boothman | Wicklow | 1994-1997 |
| 32. | Joe McDonagh | Galway | 1997-2000 |
| 33. | Seán McCague | Monaghan | 2000-2003 |
| 34. | Seán Kelly | Kerry | 2003-2006 |
| 35. | Nickey Brennan | Kilkenny | 2006-2009 |
| 36. | Christy Cooney | Cork | 2009-2012 |
| 37. | Liam O’Neill | Laois | 2012-2015 |
| 38. | Aogan O’Fearghail (President Elect) | Cavan | 2015-2018 |
Further information on most of the presidents is available from gaa.ie