Frank Murphy worked alongside Ring as a Cork selector but his appreciation of the Glen legend was already laminated at that stage. 'You really had to see him play to appreciate him,' he says 

All-Ireland-winning player and manager Dónal O’Grady examines the legacy of ‘Cork’s greatest warrior’ by going to those who soldiered with Ring and suffered at his hands

In 1954, Ring was placed in exhibition mode, a role he was deeply uncomfortable with, when Cork met New York at the city's Polo Grounds. The press pack were smitten

Ring became the master of ‘The Process’ by being a zealous student of it, writes Kieran Shannon

Over the years we’ve sent Michael Moynihan down the highways and byways to talk to hurlers and footballers, and Christy Ring’s name popped up more than once among his contemporaries

Statues in Cloyne and Cork Airport, a stadium and a city bridge all honour the memory of Christy Ring. Poetry in motion, they said.

They left their mark, he left his. Matt Hassett and Martin Óg Morrissey were among those who sought to shackle Ring and they look back on those great duels, with the distance of time and perspective to inform their comparisons. PM O’Sullivan took notes

After ‘straying’ into Blackpool as a complete stranger, Christy Ring spent 27 memorable years in the famed green, black, and gold of the Glen — his appetite for improvement and success never sated, writes Diarmuid O’Donovan

The greatest was often the quickest - particularly with a one-liner

For those too young to know the full details of Ring's achievements and impact, here's his entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography

He celebrated his 95th birthday this month, but Jimmy Lynam is as sharp now on Ring, the Glen and Cork as he was terrorising defences back then

Donal Cronin gives the background to Christy Ring’s summers in south Kerry

On the road to school, two statues loom on either side of the road. Christ with a cross in his hands, Christy with a hurley in his. We spent many hours praying to one to be as good as the other, writes Dónal Óg Cusack

From age 11 until he shared a Cork dressing room with him, Gerald McCarthy was in awe of Ring, and saw all sides of him. ‘He had a habit of emphasising something by poking you in the shoulder — you’d be black and blue from him’. He spoke to Tadhg Coakley

Ahead of the centenary of his birth Friday, Christy Ring is remembered by another hurling legend, his Tipperary friend and foe, Jimmy Finn

The Irish Examiner will publish a special 20-page bonus section with the newspaper this Friday to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Cork hurling icon Christy Ring

The Irish Examiner will publish a special bonus section with the newspaper this Friday to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Cork hurling icon, Christy Ring