Paddy Cronin (Gaelic footballer)

Paddy Cronin
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Cróinín
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Right wing-back
Born 1921
Ballingeary, County Cork, Ireland
Died 21 February 1991 (aged 69)
Walkinstown, Dublin, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation National school teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
 Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh
Fermoy
Bride Rovers
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
 St Patrick's College
College titles
Sigerson titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1943-1947
 Cork 8 (0-01)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:01, 12 April 2012.

Patrick Cronin (1921 - 21 February 1991) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh and Fermoy, and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lined out as a right wing-back.

Career

Cronin first came to Gaelic football prominence as a student when he was selected for the Munster colleges' team. He was included on the Cork minor team in 1938 before winning a Munster Minor Championship the following year. Cronin was added to the Cork senior team in 1943 and ended the season with a Munster Championship title. After being dropped from the starting fifteen the following year, he won his second provincial medal tin 1945 before ending the season by lining out at right wing-back when Cork claimed the All-Ireland title after a defeat of Cavan in the final.[1][2][3] Cronin ended the year by captaining his adopted club of Fermoy to the County Championship title. He won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 1946, however, a spinal injury soon brought his inter-county career to an end.[citation needed]

Personal life and death

Cronin qualified as a national school teacher and worked in Fermoy and Bartlemy before settling in Dublin. He died at his home in Walkinstown on 21 February 1991 after a period of ill health.

Honours

Fermoy
Cork
Munster

References

  1. ^ "Clon connections to Cork success in 1945". West Cork People. September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.