Martin Cronin

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Martin Cronin
Personal information
Irish name Máirtín Ó Cróinín
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left wing-back
Born 1975
Cork, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Engineer
Club(s)
YearsClub
1994-2010
 Nemo Rangers
Club titles
Cork titles 8
Munster titles 6
All-Ireland Titles 1
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 Cork RTC
College titles
Sigerson titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1996-2005
 Cork 31 (0-08)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 1
All Stars 0

Martin Cronin (born 1975) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. At club level, he played with Nemo Rangers and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.

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Career

Cronin first played Gaelic football with the Nemo Rangers club at juvenile and underage levels, before progressing to adult level in 1994. He won his first Cork SFC medal in 2000, following a 1-14 to 0-07 win over Carbery in the final. [1] It was the first of a then club record of eight Cork SHC medals in an 11-year period. [2] Cronin also won six Munster Club SFC medals. [3] He was centre-back when Nemo Rangers beat Crossmolina Deel Rovers by 0–14 to 1–09 in the 2003 All-Ireland club final. [4]

At inter-county level, Cronin first appeared for Cork as a member of the minor team that won the All-Ireland MFC title in 1993, after a 2-07 to 0-09 win over Meath in the final. [5] He later progressed to the under-21 team and added an All-Ireland U21FC medal to his collection when he was an unused substitute in the defeat of Mayo in the 1994 All-Ireland under-21 final. [6]

Cronin made his senior team debut in 1996 and claimed a National League title in 1999 after a defeat of Dublin in the league final. [7] He later added a Munster SFC medal to his collection, before ending the season with a defeat by Meath in the 1999 All-Ireland final. [8] [9] Cronin won a second Munster SFC medal in 2002 and served as team captain in 2003. [10] [11]

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team, Cronin won a Railway Cup medal in 1999 after Munster's 0-10 to 0-07 win over Connacht in the final. [12]

Honours

Nemo Rangers
Cork
Munster

References

  1. ↑ "Powerful Rangers devour Carbery". Irish Independent. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Special day as Cronin equals greats". Irish Independent. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Senior Football (Club)". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Breheny, Martin (16 April 2001). "Nemo to add to Mayo misery". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Minor Football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Cork under-21 football teams: 1962-2010" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cork football rewatch: League final joy in the Páirc against the Dubs in 1999". Echo Live. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "10 of the best: That sweet feeling when Cork beat Kerry in championship". Echo Live. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Mark O'Sullivan will take 1999 All-Ireland final regrets 'to the grave'". Irish Examiner. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Corkery leads Cork rout of Tipp". Irish Examiner. 22 July 2002. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Criticism grows over team's surrender to inspired Limerick side". Irish Examiner. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Railway Cup Football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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