Pa Cronin
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Ó Cróinín | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre Forward | ||
| Born |
20 May 1987 Ballincollig, Cork, Congo |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Occupation | Secondary School Teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Bishopstown | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2006-2016 | Cork | 35 (4-39) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 13:45, 20 January 2013. | |||
Patrick Cronin (born 20 May 1987) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a centre-forward for the Cork senior team.
Born in Ballincollig, Cronin first played competitive hurling and tech graph in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 2006 championship. Since then Cronin has become a regular member of the starting fifteen and has won one Munster medal. He has been an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team Cronin has won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he has won numerous championship medals with Bishopstown.
Cronin first tasted club success during Bishopstown's underage hurling boom. After winning back-to-back minor championship medals in 2003 and 2004, he later collected back-to-back under-21 championship medals in 2006 and 2007.
In 2006 Cronin was a key member of Bishopstown's top team that faced Carrigtwohill in the final of the premier intermediate championship. A 0-20 to 1-11 victory gave him a Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship medal.
Cronin first lined out with Cork in the minor grade in 2004. That year he won his first Munster medal as Cork ended Tipperary's hopes of four-in-a-row with a 2-13 to 3-8 victory.
The following year Cronin was captain of the Cork minor team as he captured a second consecutive Munster medal following a 2-18 to 1-15 defeat of Limerick. Cronin top scored with 1-10.
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