Christy Ring shares some memories of growing up in Cloyne where he learned to play hurling.
Christy Ring is regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all time. He made sixty five championship appearances for Cork winning eight All Ireland Senior Championships. He represented Munster for a record twenty three consecutive seasons, winning a eighteen Railway Cup medals. With Glen Rovers he won fourteen Cork Senior Hurling Championships .
Donncha Ó Dúlaing visits Christy Ring to hear about his introduction to hurling in Cloyne and his early days playing the game he would master and love for life.
Christy Ring died on 2 March 1979 at the age of 58.
'Donncha's Travelling Roadshow' broadcast on 05 March 1979.
This interview with Christy Ring was recorded shortly before his unexpected death in 1979.
'Donncha's Travelling Roadshow' was a series presented by Donncha Ó Dúlaing highlighting the people, music and traditions of rural Ireland.
