Jimmy Cronin

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Jimmy Cronin
Personal information
Irish name Séamus Ó Cróinín
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full-forward
Born 11 June 1919
Milltown, County Kerry, Ireland
Died 25 October 1993 (aged 74)
Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Occupation Army officer
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Collins
Club titles
Cork titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1940-1952
 Cork 24 (6-22)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 4
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1

James Cronin (11 June 1919 [1] – 25 October 1993) was an Irish Gaelic football player and coach who played for club side Collins and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.

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Career

Cronin first came to Gaelic football prominence in a number of army tournaments. His performances earned him inclusion on the Cork junior team that won the Munster Junior Championship in 1940. Cronin was soon added to the Cork senior team and claimed his first silverware in 1943 when Cork won the Munster Senior Championship for the first time in 15 years. He won a second provincial title two years later before ending the season by lining out at full-forward when Cork claimed the All-Ireland title after a defeat of Cavan in the final. [2] [3] [4] Cronin claimed a further two Munster Championship titles as well as a National League title in his last year with the team in 1952. Around this time he also had successes at club level, winning three County Championship titles with the Collins Barracks side. Cronin also won three Railway Cup medals with Munster. In retirement from playing, he coached Cobh to several championship titles between 1958 and 1968.[ citation needed ]

Personal life and death

Born in Milltown, County Kerry, Cronin moved to Cork to join the Irish Army. In 1938 he was a sergeant in the Guard of Honour at Spike Island when the Treaty Ports were handed back to the state. Cronin rose to the rank of Battalion Sgt Major. His brothers, Timmy, Paddy and John Cronin, were also members of the Defence Forces, while the latter also played Gaelic football for Cork before later winning All-Ireland titles with Kerry.

Cronin died at the Regional Hospital in Cork on 25 October 1993.

Honours

Player

Collins
Cork
Munster

Coach

Cobh

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References

  1. ↑ "James Cronin". Irish Genealogy. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Clon connections to Cork success in 1945". West Cork People. September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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