Séamus Gardiner (1894 – 10 January 1976), was the 14th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1943–1946). Born in Clare, he played football for UCD while studying there, he trained to be a national school teacher in De La Salle College, Waterford. He played on the Clare senior team, and in 1924 was part of a Munster team that participated in an inter-provincial contest to choose a team for the Tailteann Games. During Gardiner's presidency, relationships began to renew with the President of Ireland for the first time since Douglas Hyde was removed as a patron.