Paddy Ring
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Cloyne,
County Cork, Ireland
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Rinn | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born |
1950 Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Died |
31 May 2020 (aged 69) Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Cloyne → Imokilly Glen Rovers | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1970–1971 | Cork | 0 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Patrick J. Ring (1950 – 31 May 2020) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Cloyne and Glen Rovers, divisional side Imokilly and at inter-county level with Cork.
Ring first played hurling as a student at Midleton CBS. He was captain of both the college's junior and senior teams that enjoyed provincial success in 1966.[1] It was also a successful year at club level, as the 16-year-old Ring won a Cork IHC medal with Cloyne.[2] He was later a member of the Imokilly divisional team that lost out to St. Finbarr's in the 1968 final, before claiming a second IHC winners' medal after scoring 0–12 in the defeat of Castletownrohche.[3]
Ring first appeared on the inter-county scene with Cork as a member of the minor team beaten by Wexford in the 1966 All-Ireland final replay.[4] It was the first of three successive All-Ireland final meetings with Wexford, with Ring claiming a winners' medal in 1967.[5] He was still in his final year with the minor team when he was drafted onto the under-21 team for the 1968 All-Ireland final defeat of Kilkenny. Ring won a second All-Ireland U21HC winners' medal in 1970.[6]
After being a member of Cork's intermediate team for a brief period in 1969, Ring made the senior team during the 1970–71 National League campaign. He was recalled to the intermediate team in 1971.[7]
Ring transferred to the Glen Rovers club in 1980.[8] He made consecutive SHC final appearances in 1980 and 1981, however, he ended on the losing side on both occasions.