Qualla: Páirc Uí Rinn https://qualla.com/pairc-ui-rinn en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Páirc Uí Rinn https://qualla.com/pairc-ui-rinn Páirc Uí Rinn: Introduction https://qualla.com/pairc-ui-rinn/ Most Cork sports grounds have one life. Páirc Uí Rinn has had two, and they could hardly be more different. For the first thirty years of its modern existence it was Flower Lodge, the city's main soccer venue, home to Cork Hibernians when they won the League of Ireland in 1971, the field where George Best wandered out for his Cork Celtic debut in 1975, and a stand-in venue for Manchester United, Liverpool and the Republic of Ireland national team when bigger matches needed a Cork home. Then in 1989, in a complicated bidding war involving three sets of solicitors and the proceeds of two Michael Jackson concerts, the GAA bought the ground from the Ancient Order of Hibernians and renamed it for Christy Ring, the greatest hurler who ever lived. Cork has been hurling at it ever since.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/pairc-ui-rinn-wp/gc4p-p-irc-u-rinn-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Páirc Uí Rinn: Flower Lodge https://qualla.com/pairc-ui-rinn/ In 1947 the soccer-playing branch of the Cork Ancient Order of Hibernians decided they needed a proper ground. They paid 5,800 pounds for 11.5 acres at Flower Lodge, a former big house on the south side of Cork city between Ballinlough and Ballintemple, and set about building. Th...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/pairc-ui-rinn-wp/gc4p-p-irc-u-rinn-flower-lodge.mp3 0:06 2 full Páirc Uí Rinn: Cork Hibernians and the European Nights https://qualla.com/pairc-ui-rinn/ Cork Hibernians ran Flower Lodge for almost two decades, with the high point in 1970-71 when they won the League of Ireland championship - a Cork title that came only twice in the entire history of senior soccer in the city. The European nights brought big visitors to Flower Lodg...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/pairc-ui-rinn-wp/gc4p-p-irc-u-rinn-cork-hibernians-and-the-european-nights.mp3 0:06 3 full Páirc Uí Rinn: The Big Freeze and George Best https://qualla.com/pairc-ui-rinn/ During the Big Freeze of January 1963, England's football pitches were unplayable for weeks - the country went into a frost so deep that the FA Cup third round was completed in early March. With nothing to do, Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers, Coventry and Wolves brought their...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/pairc-ui-rinn-wp/gc4p-p-irc-u-rinn-the-big-freeze-and-george-best.mp3 0:06 4 full Páirc Uí Rinn: The 1989 Buyout https://qualla.com/pairc-ui-rinn/ By the late 1980s the Ancient Order of Hibernians wanted to sell Flower Lodge, and there were two interested parties. Cork City F.C., the new League of Ireland club, wanted the ground for soccer. Cork GAA wanted it for hurling and football. The GAA approached the sale carefully -...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/pairc-ui-rinn-wp/gc4p-p-irc-u-rinn-the-1989-buyout.mp3 0:06 5 full Páirc Uí Rinn: Cork's Second Home https://qualla.com/pairc-ui-rinn/ Today Páirc Uí Rinn is Cork GAA's secondary venue - the place where the county hurlers and footballers play their National League fixtures in spring before championship season at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It is the regular home for Cork's senior camogie team in the All-Ireland Senior Cam...

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