The Cork County Board have lauded Patrick Horgan as \u201can icon\u201d and \u201cone of the greats of Cork hurling\u201d following his decision to step away from inter-county hurling after making his debut in 2008.<\/p>\n
A statement released on Tuesday night read: \u201cPatrick Horgan\u2019s decision to retire from intercounty hurling brings to an end a glittering 18-year career in the red and white of Cork. Over that period, since his championship debut in 2008, Patrick would become one of the most accomplished players in the game, and the talisman of the Cork team.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Cork minor and U21 player, he won four Munster senior hurling titles with Cork and played in four All-Ireland senior finals. His last All-Ireland Final appearance came 12 years after his first. He is the all-time record scorer in both the National Hurling League, and All-Ireland senior championship. He is also a four-time All Star winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe won two Cork county senior hurling titles with his beloved Glen Rovers, with his first, in 2015, coming 26 years after the last time the Glen won the championship. He also won minor and U21 county titles with the Glen. He went on to play in six county finals and became the all-time leading scorer in Cork club championship hurling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis list of achievements over his career is testament to his greatness. Yet for all this array of medals and awards, he will perhaps be remembered best as the embodiment of the aspirations of a new generation of Cork supporters who, unlike previous generations, had not been reared on All-Ireland victories, but who nonetheless craved for success, and followed the Cork team in their thousands. For this generation, and for all Cork supporters, the popular name \u2018Hoggie\u2019 became synonymous with their hopes and dreams of glory.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile a senior All-Ireland medal sadly eluded Patrick, his name is enshrined with the greats of Cork hurling. His departure will cause much sadness on Leeside, but will also prompt an outpouring of pride in the wonderful memories and great days that Patrick\u2019s exploits inspired.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Responding to the news, Cork GAA chief executive Kevin O\u2019Donovan said: \u201cPatrick Horgan became an icon for a new generation of Cork supporters in the 2000s, who flocked in their thousands to support the Cork hurlers.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis commitment, dedication and pursuit of excellence saw him become an inspiration to so many. He is a credit to his family, club and county. We thank him for the wonderful memories.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cork chairman Pat Horgan remarked: \u201cThis is a sad day for Cork supporters, coming so soon after the huge disappointment of the All-Ireland Final. Patrick Horgan can justly lay claim to be one of the greats of Cork hurling. To him, and to his family who supported him over his career, I say, on behalf of the Cork GAA family, thank you for everything.\u2019 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cork County Board have lauded Patrick Horgan as \u201can icon\u201d and \u201cone of the greats of Cork…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,22,129,19,17,119,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-82319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-hurling","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82319","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=82319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}