Dónal O’Grady: The Tipp fans roared when they saw John Doyle trotting out to mark Christy Ring

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

The Cork team who played Wexford in the 1954 All-Ireland senior hurling final at Croke Park: Back, from Left: Jack Barrett (Kinsale, Selector), Andy Scannell (Chairman Cork Co. Board), Dave Creedon (Glen Rovers), Jerry O’Riordan (Blackrock), John Lyons (Glen Rovers), Derry Hayes (Blackrock), Mattie Fouhy (Carrigtwohill), Gerald Murphy (Midleton), Paddy ‘Fox’ Collins (Glen Rovers, Selector), Jim ‘Tough’ Barry (Trainer). Front, from left: Eamonn Goulding (Glen Rovers), Willie John Daly (Carrigtwohill), Tony O’Shaughnessy (St. Finbarrs), John Clifford (Glen Rovers), Josie Hartnett (Glen Rovers), Christy Ring (Glen Rovers), Paddy Barry (Sarsfields), Vincie Twomey (Glen Rovers), Willie Moore (Carrigtwohill). Picture: Irish Examiner Archive/ Ref 857G

A photo of the 1938 All-Ireland-winning Cork minor team hung on our kitchen wall when I was a child.

I was always proud that my mother’s brother Kevin captained the team to beat Dublin on a scoreline of 7-2 to 5-4.