Patrick Cronin (hurler)

Patrick Cronin, born on 20 May 1987, is an Irish hurler who plays for the Premier Senior Championship club Bishopstown and played for the Cork senior hurling team for 10 years, usually lining out at midfield or as a centre-forward. After a successful underage career he broke onto Bishopstown's top adult team at seventeen in 2004, enjoyed his greatest club success in 2006 when the club won the Premier Intermediate Championship and promotion, and has made over 50 championship appearances for the club. His early prowess also saw him selected for University College Cork and the University of Limerick, with whom he won a Fitzgibbon Cup title. With Cork he was part of the minor team that won back-to-back Munster Championships in 2004 and 2005 and the under-21 team that won a Munster Championship in 2007, joined the senior team in 2006, was ever-present at midfield or centre-forward with 81 combined National League and Championship appearances until 2015, was part of two Munster Championship winning teams and was an All-Ireland runner-up as captain in 2013.