Jerry O'Riordan

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| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Jerry O'Riordan

| irish = Diarmuid Ó Riordáin

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| occupation = Customs and excise official

| feet = 6

| inches = 0

| nickname = Jerry

| county = Limerick

| province = Munster

| club = Blackrock
Civil Service
Claughaun
Ahane

| clposition = Forward

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| clcounty = 0

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| counties = Dublin
Cork

| icposition = Full-forward/Left corner-back

| icyears = 1945
1946-1954

| icapps(points) = 2
26 (5-06)

| icprovince = 5

| icallireland = 4

| nhl = 1

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| birth_date = 1925

| birth_place=Blackrock, Cork, Ireland

| death_date = 16 June 1987 (aged 62)

| death_place = Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland

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Jeremiah O'Riordan (1925 – 16 June 1987) was an Irish hurler, who played as a corner-back and as a full-forward, and is most known for his time with the Cork senior hurling team. He was the elder brother of Mossy O'Riordan.

Career

Born in Cork, O'Riordan was educated at Sullivan's Quay and the North Monastery, where he won a Harty Cup medal. He began his club hurling career with the Blackrock club, before later lining out with the Civil Service club in Dublin and ending his career with Claughaun and Ahane in Limerick. Coughlan first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Dublin senior hurling team that lost the 1945 Leinster final to Kilkenny.{{cite web|url=http://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P40-69-%E2%80%93-Snr-%E2%80%A6rling-Finalis.pdf|title=Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|accessdate=15 September 2021|first=|last=}} He transferred to the Cork senior hurling team the following season and ended his debut year with an All-Ireland Championship title.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/columnists/kieran-shannon/things-can-only-get-better-194515.html|title=Things can only get better|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=21 May 2012|accessdate=21 July 2016|first=Kieran|last=Shannon}} O'Riordan was a mainstay of the team for nearly a decade and was at right corner-back for Cork's three successive All-Ireland titles between 1952 and 1954.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/taking-the-plunge-for-the-tribe-209254.html|title=Taking the plunge for the Tribe|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=29 September 2012|accessdate=23 July 2016|first=Diarmuid|last=O'Flynn}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/old-rivals-bound-by-respect-26885986.html|title=Old rivals bound by respect|publisher=Irish Independent|date=12 August 2012|accessdate=23 July 2016|first=Dermot|last=Crowe}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/the-one-ring-that-binds-them-1.1153364|title=The one Ring that binds them|publisher=Irish Times|date=14 August 2004|accessdate=23 July 2016|first=Keith|last=Duggan}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/ringy-cracks-wexford-wall-26415929.html|title=Ringy cracks Wexford wall|publisher=Irish Independent|date=3 September 2006|accessdate=23 July 2016|first=Éamonn|last=Sweeney}} His other honours with Cork include five Munster Championship titles and a National Hurling League. O'Riordan also earned selection with the Leinster and Rest of Ireland teams and won two Railway Cup medals with Munster.{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/railway-cup-hurling/|title=Railway Cup Hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=15 September 2021|first=|last=}} He was chosen on the Cork Team of the Century in 1984.

Personal life and death

O'Riordan spent his entire working life with the Customs and Excise and was based in Bantry, Dublin and finally Limerick where he worked as a collector. He died at Limerick Regional Hospital on 16 June 1987.