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Irish Daily Mirror
2 days ago
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- 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
5 days ago
- Sport
- 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
- Sport
- 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).
The Irish Sun
16-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Inside Pat Ryan's family life beyond GAA from brave cancer battle to tragic death of brother who ‘lit up the room'
CORK manager Pat Ryan has had to overcome adversity at various times throughout his life. The 48-year-old will be 5 Pat Ryan will lead Cork in the All-Ireland hurling final on Sunday Credit: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile 5 He won the 1999 All-Ireland with Cork 5 He lost his brother Pat in February Credit: Sportsfile 5 Cork manager Pat Ryan with his wife, Trish, and children, Aisling, aged 14, Cian, aged 10 and Daniel, aged 17, after the All-Ireland semi-final in 2024 Cork meet Tipperary in Sunday's final in their second straight decider, having The players will be guided by the leadership of their resilient manager, who has experience personal adversity and His life experiences have informed his ability to galvanise his Here, SunSport takes a look at the man behind the bainisteoir bib. Read More on Cork GAA How old is Pat Ryan? Pat Ryan was born on July 23, 1976, making him 48 years of age. Indeed, the All-Ireland final will com just three days before his 49th birthday, making potential victory the perfect present. Originally from Glanmire in County Cork, he played club hurling with Sarsfields with whom he won two county championships. The former midfielder carried this pedigree into his club management career, leading Sarsfields to Cork hurling titles in 2012 and 2014. Most read in GAA Hurling Ryan also boasts a decorated inter-county playing career, winning the 1999 All-Ireland title, as well as two Munster championships, Having served as coach under Kieran Kingston when the Rebels won a provincial title in 2017, Ryan was appointed manager in 2022. In 2024, he guided them to the All-Ireland final, famously beating five-in-a-row chasing Limerick in the semis only to fall to Clare in the decider. In 2025, Cork won their first national league title since 1996 and went on to once again beat the Treaty on penalties to win the Munster SHC. Does he have a family? Pat Ryan is married to wife Trish and the couple have three kids - daughter Aisling, 15, and sons Daniel, 18, and Cian, 11. They were by his side at What does he do for a living? While known best for his exploits as Cork boss, Ryan also works for pharmaceutical giant Cancer battle In 2018, Pat Ryan's world was turned upside down when he was diagnosed with chronic myeloid At the time, he was being courted for the vacant But it remained a shock that focused his mind on the bigger picture. He said: 'It was a shock at the time. People thought the reason I pulled out of the Waterford job was because I got sick. It wasn't. "But it was lucky that I had pulled out because they would have announced my appointment on the Friday or Saturday, and I went in for tests on the following Tuesday or Wednesday. "I would have had to pull out of the job then. I was lucky in that way. 'I was out of commission then. I was out of work for a good bit. You get chemo first of all to start to kill it, and then you have to find the right tablets. "The first tablet didn't work for me. The second tablet, my liver was failing on it. Came off that, went on another one for 18 months and got fluid around my heart and lung out of that one. 'There's a picture of me when I got the U-20 job [in 2020]. I didn't know that I had fluid around my heart and lung at the time and I have a big, huge red head on me, all blotchy, and my hair is actually white. "My hair is grey anyway, but it was white. It was the tablets caused all that. 'My health situation is very good now. We found the right medication. I'm grand. "My numbers are very good. I'm in kind of what you'd call remission. It's a very mild form [of the disease]. It doesn't affect my life in any way now.' Brother's Death Tragedy visited the family in February when Ray Ryan, beloved brother of Cork gaffer Pat, His local club led the tributes , with Ryan having been part of Sarsfields teams that won county titles in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014. After helping Sarsfields to the 2008 county honours, Ryan joined the Cork senior hurling panel in the absence of the existing panel that withdrew their services. He remained part of the panel when they returned and made his championship debut in the 2010 Munster semi-final win over Limerick. His funeral took place at St. Joseph's Church in Springhill, at which his brother 5 Ray Ryan, Cork, in action against Shane McNaughton, Antrim Credit: Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE Pat explained: 'I was manager at the time and we were playing our great rivals and friends Erin's Own. "Ray was playing at centre-back, as he had to be in those days. I told Ray that if we conceded no goal, we would win the match. "He was to sit in front of the full-back line. That was grand anyway, the fella he was on got four or five points, but we won the match. 'We were back in the club anyway afterwards and Ray was getting a desperate slagging from the lads about the four or five points. "He came over to me and said, 'I'm getting roasted over here after your crazy idea.' I just said, 'didn't we win?' "He smiled and said, 'That is all that matters,' and off he went. "Ray was willing to do anything to win for the club. He always wanted to be good to Sars and Glanmire, and that is what Ray was. "To play with Ray on so many great days was, and always will be, the greatest achievement in my GAA lifetime. "We were so proud to play together, represent the jersey , come home to see our father in the club afterwards and have a few pints.'
Irish Independent
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Sarsfields strike late as two-point free and Joss goal earns home victory against Marshalstown-Castledockrell
A Lee Smith two-point free followed by an injury-time Christy Joss goal guided Sarsfields to an exciting 1-13 to 1-8 win over promoted Marshalstown-Castledockrell in Group A of the Enniscorthy Farm Systems Junior football championship in Páirc Charman on Sunday.
