Irish name Padraig O Croinin 1930s-1950s Fermoy Sport Gaelic Football Cork titles 1 | Position Right wing-back Name Paddy Cronin Years Club | |
Paddy Cronin (born 1921) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back for the Cork senior team.
Cronin joined the team during the 1943 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement following the completion of the 1947 championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.
Cronin also enjoyed a successful club career with Fermoy, winning one county championship medal.
Paddy Cronin was a teacher at Curraghgalla national School, he taught from the late 1940s to the early 1950s as a Head Teacher.
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