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Cork’s Lord Mayor, Cllr. Fergal Dennehy make a presention on behalf of Cork City Council to Patrick Horgan. Also included is Patrick’s son Jack , his wife Ashley and Cork City Council Chief Executive Valerie O’Sullivan. Pic: Brian Lougheed <\/p>\nThe city council has held a civic reception to honour Cork hurling legend Patrick Horgan.<\/p>\n
He retired as the all-time leading scorer in the senior hurling championship and league, and won four All-Stars, four Munster championships, and one National League medal with Cork.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In his inter-county career, he scored 32 goals and 683 points in championship action, and 26 goals and 674 points in league play.<\/p>\n
With his club Glen Rovers, he won two county senior titles.<\/p>\n
Lord Mayor of Cork Fergal Dennehy held the reception to honour Mr Horgan’s extraordinary contribution to the sporting life of his native city, to his club, county, and country.<\/p>\n
Cork’s Lord Mayor, Cllr. Fergal Dennehy make a presention on behalf of Cork City Council to Patrick Horgan. Also included is Patrick’s son Jack , his wife Ashley and Cork City Council Chief Executive Valerie O’Sullivan. Pic: Brian Lougheed <\/p>\n
On behalf of the city, Mr Dennehy said he wanted to salute a true sporting legend whose name will forever be synonymous with the game of hurling, and with excellence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout history, some individuals have achieved such fame and influence that they\u2019re instantly recognised by a single name,\u201d Mr Dennehy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThink Bono, Beyonc\u00e9, Madonna, Pele, Ronaldo, or Picasso. Closer to home we have Sonia, Roy, Rog, Rob, and Derval. And here tonight, we have Hoggie.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe names don\u2019t just identify a person \u2014 they evoke an entire world of talent, achievement, and impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we honour you, Patrick, and we thank you for so many wonderful memories, for your skill, your commitment to the game, and to the jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thank you for all the drama, the excitement, the ecstasy \u2014 for so many magical moments in the rich and storied history of Cork hurling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Glen Rovers under age hurlers give Patrick Horgan, his wife Ashely and son Jack a guard of honour. Pic: Brian Lougheed<\/p>\n
Mr Horgan was joined at the civic reception by his wife, Ashley, their son Jack, several family members, friends, clubmates and supporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile some players measure their success in terms of medals and trophies, Patrick himself measured success in terms of his performance,\u201d Mr Dennehy added.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has earned respect across the country for his skill and dedication, for his pursuit of excellence, for his total commitment to his team.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis influence on Cork hurling, and on the game in general, cannot be overstated.”<\/p>\n
Mr Horgan has already begun his post-playing career by joining Noel Furlong\u2019s Cork U20 set-up as a selector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city council has held a civic reception to honour Cork hurling legend Patrick Horgan. He retired as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[781,1263,24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-226716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-news","9":"tag-cork-sport","10":"tag-cork-gaa","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115698905198147093","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}