Patrick McQuaid is a former Irish road racing cyclist and later national cycling sport administrator.
He ran for the national presidency in 1958, and was elected, and he continued in that role for about a decade, until the planned dissolution of the organisation in October 1967.
The ICF contained all former CRÉ (and some NCA) clubs, and McQuaid had helped to develop it in November 1967.
However, he lost the presidency bid to Karl McCarthy, and was then elected vice-president, a position he held for another ten years.
[4] Six of Paddy McQuaid's nephews competed internationally,[3]: 221–222 including at the Olympics; the eldest, Pat, had a short professional career, as well as a longer career in coaching and administration, including four years as Irish federation president and eight years as the head of the world governing body for cycling.