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{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{for|the Irish Gaelic footballer|Jerry O'Riordan (Gaelic footballer)}}
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| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image = 
| name = Jerry O'Riordan
| irish = Diarmuid Ó Riordáin
| fullname =  
| occupation = Customs and excise official
| feet = 6
| inches = 0
| nickname = Jerry
| county = Limerick
| province = Munster
| club = [[Blackrock GAA|Blackrock]]<br>[[Civil Service GAA|Civil Service]]<br>[[Claughaun GAA|Claughaun]]<br>[[Ahane GAA|Ahane]]
| clposition = Forward
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| clcounty = 0
| clprovince= 
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| counties = [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]<br>[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| icposition = Full-forward/Left corner-back
| icyears = 1945<br>1946-1954
| icapps(points) = 2<br>26 (5-06)
| icprovince = 5
| icallireland = 4
| nhl = 1
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| birth_date = 1925
| birth_place=[[Blackrock, Cork]], Ireland
| death_date = 16 June 1987 (aged 62)
| death_place = [[Dooradoyle]], [[Limerick]], Ireland
}}
'''Jeremiah O'Riordan''' (1925 – 16 June 1987) was an Irish [[hurling|hurler]], who played as a corner-back and as a full-forward, and is most known for his time with the [[Cork senior hurling team]]. He was the elder brother of [[Mossy O'Riordan]].

==Career==

Born in [[Cork (city)|Cork]], O'Riordan was educated at Sullivan's Quay and the [[North Monastery]], where he won a [[Dr. Harty Cup|Harty Cup]] medal. He began his club hurling career with the [[Blackrock GAA|Blackrock]] club, before later lining out with the [[Civil Service GAA|Civil Service]] club in [[Dublin]] and ending his career with [[Claughaun GAA|Claughaun]] and [[Ahane GAA|Ahane]] in [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]. Coughlan first appeared on the inter-county scene with the [[Dublin senior hurling team]] that lost the [[1945 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|1945 Leinster final]] to [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P40-69-%E2%80%93-Snr-%E2%80%A6rling-Finalis.pdf|title=Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|accessdate=15 September 2021|first=|last=}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Cork senior hurling team]] the following season and ended his [[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|debut year]] with an [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland Championship]] title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/columnists/kieran-shannon/things-can-only-get-better-194515.html|title=Things can only get better|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=21 May 2012|accessdate=21 July 2016|first=Kieran|last=Shannon}}</ref> O'Riordan was a mainstay of the team for nearly a decade and was at right corner-back for Cork's three successive All-Ireland titles between [[1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1952]] and [[1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1954]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/taking-the-plunge-for-the-tribe-209254.html|title=Taking the plunge for the Tribe|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=29 September 2012|accessdate=23 July 2016|first=Diarmuid|last=O'Flynn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/old-rivals-bound-by-respect-26885986.html|title=Old rivals bound by respect|publisher=Irish Independent|date=12 August 2012|accessdate=23 July 2016|first=Dermot|last=Crowe}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/the-one-ring-that-binds-them-1.1153364|title=The one Ring that binds them|publisher=Irish Times|date=14 August 2004|accessdate=23 July 2016|first=Keith|last=Duggan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/ringy-cracks-wexford-wall-26415929.html|title=Ringy cracks Wexford wall|publisher=Irish Independent|date=3 September 2006|accessdate=23 July 2016|first=Éamonn|last=Sweeney}}</ref> His other honours with Cork include five [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster Championship]] titles and a [[National Hurling League]]. O'Riordan also earned selection with the [[Leinster GAA|Leinster]] and Rest of Ireland teams and won two [[Railway Cup]] medals with [[Munster GAA|Munster]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/railway-cup-hurling/|title=Railway Cup Hurling|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=15 September 2021|first=|last=}}</ref> He was chosen on the Cork Team of the Century in 1984.

==Personal life and death==

O'Riordan spent his entire working life with the Customs and Excise and was based in [[Bantry]], [[Dublin]] and finally [[Limerick]] where he worked as a collector. He died at [[University Hospital Limerick|Limerick Regional Hospital]] on 16 June 1987.

==Honours==

;Cork
*[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1946]], [[1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1952]], [[1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1953]], [[1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1954]]
*[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]: [[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1946]], [[1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1947]], [[1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1952]], [[1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1953]], [[1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Munster Senior Hurling Championship|1954]]
*[[National Hurling League]]: [[1952-53 National Hurling League|1952-53]]

;Munster
*[[Railway Cup]]: [[1950 Railway Cup Hurling Championship|1950]], [[1955 Railway Cup Hurling Championship|1955]]

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