Michael Moynihan: Pat Ryan fits on all counts

Clearly the players who were present for Ryan’s initial service as a coach remember those sessions well

THE CHOSEN ONE: Cork U20 manager Pat Ryan, left, and selector Donal O'Mahoney during the 2020 Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championship Final match between Dublin and Cork at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The Cork County Board meets this week with one issue dominating the agenda - ratifying Kieran Kingston’s replacement as the county senior hurling manager, Pat Ryan.

To use Hemingway’s old description of events, such appointments are inclined to happen gradually, then suddenly. A period of rumination usually followed by an accelerating consensus: Pat Ryan. In this case, the rumination didn’t last too long.