Ring scored two goals on his St Nicks debut after showing up among the crowd

It is impossible to discuss the greatest ever hurlers without Ring being central to the conversation, writes Paul Rouse. But there is another key intangible — how a sports person makes you feel

Statues in Cloyne and Cork Airport, a stadium and a city bridge all honour the memory of Christy Ring. Poetry in motion, they said.

In 1954, Ring was placed in exhibition mode, a role he was deeply uncomfortable with, when Cork met New York at the city's Polo Grounds. The press pack were smitten

Ring became the master of ‘The Process’ by being a zealous student of it, writes Kieran Shannon

They left their mark, he left his. Matt Hassett and Martin Óg Morrissey were among those who sought to shackle Ring and they look back on those great duels, with the distance of time and perspective to inform their comparisons. PM O’Sullivan took notes

Over the years we’ve sent Michael Moynihan down the highways and byways to talk to hurlers and footballers, and Christy Ring’s name popped up more than once among his contemporaries

After ‘straying’ into Blackpool as a complete stranger, Christy Ring spent 27 memorable years in the famed green, black, and gold of the Glen — his appetite for improvement and success never sated, writes Diarmuid O’Donovan

Donal Cronin gives the background to Christy Ring’s summers in south Kerry

He celebrated his 95th birthday this month, but Jimmy Lynam is as sharp now on Ring, the Glen and Cork as he was terrorising defences back then

The greatest was often the quickest - particularly with a one-liner

On the road to school, two statues loom on either side of the road. Christ with a cross in his hands, Christy with a hurley in his. We spent many hours praying to one to be as good as the other, writes Dónal Óg Cusack

From age 11 until he shared a Cork dressing room with him, Gerald McCarthy was in awe of Ring, and saw all sides of him. ‘He had a habit of emphasising something by poking you in the shoulder — you’d be black and blue from him’. He spoke to Tadhg Coakley

For those too young to know the full details of Ring's achievements and impact, here's his entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography

Ahead of the centenary of his birth Friday, Christy Ring is remembered by another hurling legend, his Tipperary friend and foe, Jimmy Finn

The Irish Examiner will publish a special 20-page bonus section with the newspaper this Friday to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Cork hurling icon Christy Ring

The Irish Examiner will publish a special bonus section with the newspaper this Friday to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Cork hurling icon, Christy Ring