Bertie Troy
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||
| Born | 1930 Newtownshandrum, County Cork | ||||||||
| Died | 28 January 2007 Midleton, County Cork | ||||||||
| Occupation | Priest | ||||||||
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Bartholomew J. Troy (1930 – 28 January 2007), known as Father Bertie Troy and later as Canon Bertie Troy, was a
Roman Catholic priest and an All-Ireland Hurling Final winning manager with Cork
.
Troy was born in
Archbishop McQuaid in Dublin.[1] Following his ordination he served in England for a year before returning to Ireland to serve as a priest in the parishes of Carrigtwohill, Ballycotton and Kanturk. He also worked as a teacher at St Colman’s College for twenty-five years.[2] Troy later served as parish priest in Midleton
between 1991 and his retirement in 2005.
Managerial career
Troy was also hugely involved as a selector and a coach with a range of
All-Ireland
titles in-a-row between 1968 and 1971. Many of the players that he coached at these levels went on to form the backbone of the Cork senior team in the mid-1970s.
Cork
In 1975 Troy was joint-coach of the senior hurling team with Justin McCarthy, before being appointed coach/manager in his own right the following year. In this capacity he steered the team to a record five Munster titles in-a-row. These were converted into a remarkable three All-Ireland titles in-a-row in 1976, 1977 and 1978, thus making Troy one of the most successful managers of the modern era.[3]
In retirement from coaching he maintained a keen interest in Cork’s hurling fortunes. Canon Bertie Troy died on 28 January 2007.
References
- ^ Monsignor Celebrates 50 years of service The Corkman, 9 June 2005.
- ^ Fr Bertie a giant on and off the pitch By Diarmuid O’Flynn, Irish Examiner, Tuesday, 30 January 2007.
- ^ The Late Canon Troy HoganStand, 30 January 2007.