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Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Cork chairman on Pat Ryan's future after All-Ireland final humbling
Cork chairman Pat Horgan has said that a 'time for reflection' is needed before any decisions are made on Pat Ryan's future. Ryan's three-year term as senior hurling manager ended with last Sunday's heavy All-Ireland final defeat to Tipperary and it remains to be seen what his intentions are for 2026. It is not believed that there will be any push against him from the county board, while he remains popular among the playing group, but whether the Sarsfields man will have the appetite for a fourth year at the helm is questionable, particularly given the circumstances of last Sunday's loss. He had said at the outset of his reign that if he didn't deliver an All-Ireland within the allotted three years that his term would be deemed 'a failure'. He doubled down on that at Cork's media event ahead of the final, saying: 'Failure, is it the right word? It's probably a harsh word at times. But it's true, to be honest with you.' He added: 'If you're not moving the needle along closer to where we want to get to, which is the ultimate - winning the All-Ireland - you just can't hog the job, for want of a better word." However, chairman Horgan insisted that this is no time for snap decisions. 'We are all tremendously disappointed after the weekend, but now is a time for reflection and we'll leave time for reflection,' he told 'The executive will sit down and talk to all the people directly involved over the next couple of weeks. 'The senior hurling is very simple; it is a time for reflection for a couple of weeks and then we'll sit down and talk to everybody concerned.' Horgan also pointed out that the team had performed well for the most part this year as they won League and Munster titles, backed by a huge following. 'In my few words at the banquet, what I said is 35 minutes should not define a team, or a group,' he said. 'The one point I made at the banquet very forcibly was that Sunday was our seventh championship game and every single one of them were sold out. That is something the GAA and business community have benefited from considerably. 'And we are very grateful to our fans for getting behind the team. We are also very grateful to the people who put their hands into their pockets to support the whole thing.' He also backed the decision of the players and management not to have a homecoming for the team in Cork on Monday evening. Horgan added: 'We respected it and we said fine. The thing about the homecoming is that we had never actually put it in place until we saw what the result was. We respected their wishes that they just didn't want to go through with it, and we said that is fine. 'I think that is fair and reasonable. We had it last year, and I think they deserved a bit of space to themselves. I just think it was going to be so, so difficult for everybody involved. We understood.'
Irish Daily Mirror
20-07-2025
- Irish Daily Mirror
Inside Cork boss Pat Ryan's family life ahead of the All-Ireland Hurling final
Pat Ryan could become the most popular man in all of Cork if he successfully guides the Rebel County to their first All-Ireland title in 20 years. Ryan has plenty of hurling stock himself, playing for the County before his managerial career. Cork have done it the hard way under Ryan. A little over 12 months ago Cork were on the verge of being knocked out of the Championship in the Munster group stages but an amazing win over a much fancied Limerick has been the catalyst for something special. Sine that win, Cork have made two All-Ireland titles as well as winning a league title and a Munster Championship. Here is everything you need to know about Pat Ryan. Where is he from and what age is he? Pat Ryan was born in July 1973 and turns 49 next week. He is from Glanmire in Cork. Playing career Ryan forged a successful club and county career for himself, winning two Cork Senior Hurling Championships with his club, Sarsfields. Although not a mainstay in the Cork team, he was part of the panel that won the 1999 All-Ireland Hurling title and had two Munster Championship medals to his name. Management Ryan took over Sarsfields for the 2012 season and won two Senior Championships with the club during his time in charge, and became part of Kieran Kingston's coaching ticket with Cork. He would serve a stint as Cork under-20 hurling manager before taking over the senior team for 2023 and has now brought them to successive All-Ireland finals. Family life Pat and his wife Trish have three children together and are commonly seen in attendance at the games. Pat's brother Ray passed away earlier this year aged 43. Ray was also a Sarsfields player and was also a member of the Cork panel. Ray would go on to coach with Sarsfields and the Glanmire Footballers in a life devoted to GAA. Ray Ryan
Irish Examiner
17-07-2025
- Irish Examiner
Cork remain unchanged for All-Ireland SHC final against Tipp
Seamus Harnedy and Cormac O'Brien have been named on the Cork bench as manager Pat Ryan has opted to go with the same starting team that beat Dublin for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC final against Tipperary. Fit-again Harnedy of St Ita's and Newtownshandrum's O'Brien are among the substitutes and they come in for Ethan Twomey and Jack O'Connor. Veteran Harnedy was ruled out of the semi-final with a hamstring issue, while O'Brien is returning from a quad issue. Cork also went with the same side for last year's final against Clare that began the semi-final win over Limerick. Diarmuid Healy for Harnedy is the one change from that side that lost out to Clare in extra-time 12 months ago. All but two of the 15 who began the Munster SHC win over Tipperary in April are set to start. For Twomey and Harnedy in come Shane Barrett, who was suspended for that game, and Healy. Sunday will mark Patrick Horgan's fifth All-Ireland final start including the 2013 All-Ireland final replay. His Glen Rovers club-mate Rob Downey is hoping to become the first man from the club to lift aloft the Liam MacCarthy Cup since Tomás Mulcahy in 2010. As was the case for the semi-final, the extended panel members will be permitted to tog out for the decider. Tipperary are due to name their team around 10am on Friday morning. Extra panel members: Cathal McCarthy (Sarsfields), Daniel Hogan (Sarsfields), Darragh Flynn (Ballygiblin), Darragh O'Sullivan (Ballinhassig), Eoin Roche (Bride Rovers), Ethan Twomey (St Finbarrs), Jack Cahalane (St Finbarrs), Jack O'Connor (Sarsfields), Micheál Mullins (Glen Rovers), Pádraig Power (Blarney), Robbie Cotter (Blackrock), William Buckley (St Finbarrs).
