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2020 1962. In the semi-final meet Mount Sion in the ann included news of the based sculptor Michael House and straddling the
provincial decider. After the
north channel of the river,
Sheedy created the lettering
event in their main news bul-
against Imokilly, 41-year-old
28th, Ring rolled back the years initial game was abandoned, letin. It was their first report on the base using Kilkenny the bridge links Emmett
limestone. Ring’s brother,
on a sports celebrity wed-
Ring gave an exhibition of
and scored three goals in the
Place with Carroll’s Quay
October last fifteen minutes to help his skills in the replay and ding. Fledgling television Willie John, did much of the and was named the Christy
Ring Bridge.
collected a Munster medal
work on the building of the
the team qualify for the final
broadcaster, Telefís Éireann,
After the Cork County
memorial walls. The monu-
also filmed the wedding for
following a 3-7 to 1-7 victory.
against University College
In June 1967, Ring scored
| Cork. 1-2 and set up another goal the Nine O'Clock News. at ment was unveiled by Jack Board acquired the well-
known soccer pitch Flower
The Glen led 3-3 to 0-2 at
Lynch on 1 May, 1983.
lived
The
Rings
EXAMINER half-time but the college in the Glen’s championship Avondale Park in Ballintemple of Ring was planned for Cork Lodge in 1988, a period of
Several years later a statue
defeat
of
extensive renovation took
quarter-final
for much of their married life.
team powered by many
University College Cork.
Airport. The idea led to a
They experienced personal
inter-county stars fought
place. On 23 May 1993, Páirc
While the Glen were
IRISH back and went ahead with a scheduled to play Muskerry tragedy in raising their chil- two-year project to select a Chriostóir Uí Rinn was offi-
dren: twin boys Christy and
minute to go but Tom
winning submission from
cially opened and dedicated
one of twelve sculptors. Seán
John were born in 1963, how-
in Ring’s honor.
Corbett sent over the equal-
in the championship semi-
izer with seconds left and final, he announced without ever, John died as an infant. McCarthy’s winning sculp- A new championship for
secured a 3-7 to 2-10 draw. warning that he wouldn’t be Their daughter, Mary, was ture was unveiled by Rita second tier hurling teams
The replay proved to be playing. After more than a born in 1966. Ring in 1995. was created and named
even more exciting than the quarter of a century of club Shortly after his death, the Over a decade later, a new the Christy Ring Cup in
drawn match as Joe hurling, Ring had retired. Ring Memorial Committee’s statue was created and locat- 2005. C
Salmon and Ring were sin- Ring married Rita Taylor primary objective was the ed in the main car park in
gled out as the key figures in at Our Lady of Lourdes construction of a suitable front of the terminal. The It has now been resolved that
the Glen’s 3-8 to 2-10 victo- Church in Ballinlough on 12 monument. The site of possibility of naming the air- Christy Ring would have been 100
ry. September, 1962. Traffic in Ring’s former house in port after Ring was mooted years old on Friday October 30,
Ring was appointed club and around the city was held Cloyne was chosen as the in 2010. 2020 and not October 12. May he
captain again in 1964 as Glen up for over an hour as thou- location as it also acts as the In 1987 Cork rest in peace. What Christy Ring
Rovers faced St. Finbarr’s in sands turned up to see the entrance to the Cloyne play- Corporation sanctioned the was for Hurling is the same as
the championship final. The wedding. In a major depar- ing field. construction of a new bridge Lionel Messi is for soccer, that is
Glen were underdogs and ture for the national radio Yann Goulet was the across the River Lee. how great he was and he will never
looked well beaten in half a broadcaster, Radio Éire- sculptor, while Midleton- Located near the Cork Opera be forgotten.
dozen vital outfield positions
in the opening thirty min-
utes. All changed in the sec-
ond half with Ring scoring a
vital goal to give the Glen
the lead. ‘The Barr’s’ battled
back, however, at the full-
time whistle the Glen were
the champions and Ring col-
lected a remarkable thir-
teenth championship medal
and captained the team to
victory for the second time.
The Glen's success took
on extra significance as they
became the first club to rep-
resent Cork in the newly cre-
ated Munster Club
Championship.
After little interest in the
opening rounds of the cham-
pionship and lengthy delays,
the Glen qualified to
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