Pat Ryan: ‘Everybody looked up to Teddy’

Paying a personal tribute, Ryan revealed the imprint the Rebel legend made on him as a child.

Darragh Fitzgibbon of Cork with Cork manager Pat Ryan before making his way onto the pitch during the Teddy McCarthy Hurling Tribute Game between Cork and Galway at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

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It was a double fitting of the occasion for Pat Ryan.