Ger FitzGerald (hurler)

Ger FitzGerald, who lived from 24 April 1964 to 17 March 2025, was an Irish hurler from Midleton, County Cork, who played as a right corner-forward for the Cork senior team. He joined the Cork under-21 team at twenty and made his senior debut in the 1983 to 84 league, later becoming a regular in the starting fifteen. He won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals, a National League medal in 1993, and was an All-Ireland runner-up once. He won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 1992, and at club level was a one-time All-Ireland medallist with Midleton, adding two Munster medals and four championship medals. He made 16 championship appearances and retired after the 1993 championship, then became manager or selector with the Cork minor, under-21 and senior teams. He died on 17 March 2025 at the age of 60, and Taoiseach Micheál Martin paid tribute.