Thank God I had the pleasure of seeing Christy play for Cork and Glen Rovers. To me he will always be the greatest hurler of ALL time. When hurlers were men and the going was tough Ring was the best.
Absolute Legend - My son is 13 and we are Baile Atha Cliatha but he watches every video of Christie Ring and from the grave he has inspired a young boy who wants to be just like him if not better ....... from a proud dad
One thing I remember,Christy signed a copy of the book "spirit of the glen" for me which I afterwards gave to the Clare goalkeeper Seamus Durack (maybe he still has it) but the impression that stays with me is Christy was not a big man he was probably about 53 years old that time.The other funny thing is I remember the book signing was in Fitzgeralds Electric in the Grand Parade which years later i could not understand(why not Easons in Patrick St.but I think the reason was Christy lived in a flat overhead of Fitzgeralds.
A Leanamh look at these videos and are inspired Christie was fantastic but it will come around again - the entire world tried to change us and we are still here - God exists - He gave us hurling for our own
Never seen Ring or Mackey... but I know they are legends.. I hope in 50 years Shefflin and DJ are still spoken about because I will have the stories then... Hurling - Irelands game
Christy was fanatical about hurling,he was also ahead of his time because he used to study other players and even referees to see what they might allow,he never drank or smoked and played at the highest levels well into his forties,in my opinion he was definitely the greatest hurler right up to the present time.
Legends. That’s why I’m glad to see the likes of Joe Canning and Henry Shefflin, etc in the flesh as they will some day be looked back on with the same awe.
YES THEY ARE GREAT PLAYERS OF THE MODERN GAME , . CROWD PULLERS NOT , RING BROUGHT 20000 EXTRA PEOPLE TO SEE HIM AND MANY FROM OTHER COUNTIES , THATS HOW YOU JUDGE ,
maybe tv had a slight bearing on it , 61 munster final 65000 in limerick . tipp v cork , 3 yrs later 30000 people same teams , i barely remember him , he was unique ,
@@johnhunt7291 it's hard to judge players from different era's. The old ball compared with the one now days. Fitness levels completely different. My favourite era even though there's not much footage of it, is the ones that started it all in the first place in 1888. We're all so lucky to watch this great game
QUIE TRUE BUT MY DISCUSSION IS BOUT THE DRAW HE WAS , unique , and id guess no other player will draw people to see them , old ball fitness different rules , he was before my time but i have to acknowledge he had no peers , he filled venues by his very presence ,
My auld fella said that Ringy had to get dirty after the 47 final against Kilkenny, he took no shit after that. They bate him up and down Croke Park. Bulked up, Hells Kitchen vs Tipp for the next decade - the rest was history.
Simply ring was the greatest he would have thrived in the modern game and am sorry to tell all yee killkenny lads 2 things shefflin wouldn't have lasted 2 minutes in rings era and Eddie keher was a better hurler
