Jarlath Burns -

Jarlath Burns played Gaelic football for Armagh from 1986-1999 and was captain when the team won the Ulster championship for the first time in 17 years. 

He is vice principal of one of the largest post-primary schools in Northern Ireland and is a fluent Irish speaker, spending three weeks every summer as headmaster of an Irish language residential course for young people in a Donegal Irish speaking area. 

He is also an analyst for the BBC on its Gaelic games and writes a weekly column in the paper 'Gaelic Life'. He has held high office in the GAA, most notably as the first Players' Representative and latterly as Chairman of the Irish Language and Cultural Committee. He comes from a republican background and lives in the well known south Armagh area.

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