page_title: John Horgan (hurler)
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: John Horgan (hurler) / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Elizabeth Fort An earth banked fort was built for Queen Elizabeth to protect the city walls. With the accession of James I it was demolished by the citizens to prevent it being used against them. Lord Mountjoy took the city and forced the citizens to rebuild the fort in stone as can be seen today. It was completed in 1624. The next action took place in 1689 with the fort's capture by Irish forces and then capitulating after Cork's city walls were breached in 1690. It remained as a barracks, acting as a prison for women convicts in the 1840s. It was used by British forces and by 'Black &amp; Tans' after the Great War. The internal buildings were burnt out during the Civil War. It is now used by the Garda and limited access is allowed to the walls. As with a number of forts built in Ireland the major problems were topography and improvements in artillery. Whereas originally it protected the city walls it became vulnerable to more effective artillery placed on higher ground. Another fort, Cat Fort, was built to provide protection but this was easily over-run.
context_page_description: John Horgan was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned twelve years from 1969 to 1981. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game and as one of the most iconic Cork players of all time.
  Born near Barrack Street on the south side of Cork city, Horgan was introduced to hurling by his father, a county junior championship medal winner with Blackrock. He developed his skills at Sullivan's Quay CBS while simultaneously coming to prominence at underage levels with the Passage club, before transferring to Blackrock in 1968. Horgan went on to enjoy a hugely success career over the course of the next decade, becoming the only player to captain a team to three All-Ireland victories. He also won five Munster medals and five county senior championship medals.
  Horgan made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was picked on the Cork minor panel. From three successive All-Ireland final appearances he won one All-Ireland medal in 1967. He subsequently progressed onto the Cork under-21 team, winning back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1970 and 1971.
context_section_description: John Horgan was born on 25 May 1950 at Barrack Street in the heart of Cork. He had one sister, Hilda, and in the early 1950s the family moved from the city centre to Passage West. Horgan was educated at Sullivan's Quay CBS where he developed both his hurling and academic skills.
  After spending much of his adult life working as a coal merchant, Horgan opened his own pub in Ringaskiddy in the early 1990s. He later ran a successful school of motoring in Rochestown.
  Horgan had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years before his death on 8 June 2016. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth "Liz" Horgan (née McCarthy) and four daughters; Gillian, Laraine, Debbie and Ashleigh.
caption: Horgan was born in the shadow of Elizabeth Fort on Barrack Street in 1950.
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