1920's Harry Maunsell

Harry Maunsell was an accomplished player in his own right and played for his club in Glenageary throughout much of the early twentieth century, having joined in 1903. However, his greatest achievements in Irish tennis were in the area of expanding the scope of the game through his role as Honorary Secretary of the ILTA from 1920 to 1948. While promoting Irish tennis in the international sphere, Maunsell pursued a local agenda of increasing the appeal of tennis to a wider audience and encouraging the participation of children in the sport.

Records show that Maunsell was a progressive, modest and dedicated administrator. His legacy lives on in the prestigious Maunsell Trophies, awarded annually by Tennis Ireland to the senior male and female players deemed to have had the greatest on-court achievements in that year.