Jerry O'Riordan explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
Jerry O'Riordan
Irish:Diarmuid Ó Riordáin
Occupation:Customs and excise official
Feet:6
Inches:0
Nickname:Jerry
County:Limerick
Province:Munster
Club:Blackrock
Civil Service
Claughaun
Ahane
Clposition:Forward
Clcounty:0
Counties:Dublin
Cork
Icposition:Full-forward/Left corner-back
Icyears:1945
1946-1954
Icapps(Points):2
26 (5-06)
Icprovince:5
Icallireland:4
Nhl:1
Birth Date:1925
Birth Place:Blackrock, Cork, Ireland
Death Date:16 June 1987 (aged 62)
Death Place:Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland

Jeremiah O'Riordan (1925 – 16 June 1987) was an Irish hurler, who played as a corner-back and as a full-forward, and is most known for his time with the Cork senior hurling team. He was the elder brother of Mossy O'Riordan.

Career

Born in Cork, O'Riordan was educated at Sullivan's Quay and the North Monastery, where he won a Harty Cup medal. He began his club hurling career with the Blackrock club, before later lining out with the Civil Service club in Dublin and ending his career with Claughaun and Ahane in Limerick. Coughlan first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Dublin senior hurling team that lost the 1945 Leinster final to Kilkenny.[1] He transferred to the Cork senior hurling team the following season and ended his debut year with an All-Ireland Championship title.[2] O'Riordan was a mainstay of the team for nearly a decade and was at right corner-back for Cork's three successive All-Ireland titles between 1952 and 1954.[3] [4] [5] [6] His other honours with Cork include five Munster Championship titles and a National Hurling League. O'Riordan also earned selection with the Leinster and Rest of Ireland teams and won two Railway Cup medals with Munster.[7] He was chosen on the Cork Team of the Century in 1984.

Personal life and death

O'Riordan spent his entire working life with the Customs and Excise and was based in Bantry, Dublin and finally Limerick where he worked as a collector. He died at Limerick Regional Hospital on 16 June 1987.

Honours

Cork

1946, 1952, 1953, 1954

1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954

1952-53

Munster

1950, 1955

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists. Leinster GAA website. 15 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Things can only get better. Irish Examiner. 21 May 2012. 21 July 2016. Kieran. Shannon.
  3. Web site: Taking the plunge for the Tribe. Irish Examiner. 29 September 2012. 23 July 2016. Diarmuid. O'Flynn.
  4. Web site: Old rivals bound by respect. Irish Independent. 12 August 2012. 23 July 2016. Dermot. Crowe.
  5. Web site: The one Ring that binds them. Irish Times. 14 August 2004. 23 July 2016. Keith. Duggan.
  6. Web site: Ringy cracks Wexford wall. Irish Independent. 3 September 2006. 23 July 2016. Éamonn. Sweeney.
  7. Web site: Railway Cup Hurling. Munster GAA website. 15 September 2021.