Pat Ryan
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Riain
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born 1958
Borrisoleigh,
County Tipperary, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nickname Flowery
Occupation Colliers head of hotels
and leisure
Club(s)
Years Club
 Borris–Ileigh
Club titles
Tipperary titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1976–1982
 Tipperary 5 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0

Patrick Ryan (born 1958) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Borris–Ileigh and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.

Career

Ryan played hurling as a schoolboy at Templemore CBS where he won consecutive Corn Phádraig titles and a Dr. Kinnane Cup in 1974 and 1975.[1] He first played for Borris–Ileigh at juvenile and underage levels before eventually joining the club's senior team. Ryan won two North Tipperary SHC titles and a Tipperary SHC title in 1981. His accountancy studies and subsequent career abroad brought a premature end to his hurling, however, he rejoined the Borris–Ileigh team and trained with them in advance of their defeat of Rathnure in the 1987 All-Ireland club final.[2]

Ryan first played for Tipperary during a two-year tenure at minor level. He was at midfield when the Tipperary minors beat Kilkenny in the 1976 All-Ireland minor final.[3] Ryan subsequently spent three years with the under-21 team and won consecutive All-Ireland U21HC medals in 1978 and 1979.[4][5] He was drafted onto the senior team in 1976. Ryan won a National League title in 1979 before leaving the panel in 1982.[6]

Family

His father, Tim Ryan, and his uncles, Ned Ryan and Pat Stakelum, won All-Ireland medals with Tipperary between 1949 and 1951.[7] His brothers, Bobby and Aidan, were part of the Tipperary team that won All-Ireland titles in 1989 and 1991.[8]

Honours

Templemore CBS
  • Dr. Kinnane Cup: 1975
  • Corn Phádraig: 1974, 1975
Borris–Ileigh
Tipperary

References

  1. ↑ "Tipperary senior hurling final programme 1981" (PDF). Tipperary Studies website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Borris' 1987 captain hoping to hand over mantle". The Nenagh Guardian. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Minor hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Under 21 hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "'The Magic 10' – The story of Tipp's All Ireland U21 hurling titles". Tipp FM website. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Tipperary teams: 1980-1989". Premier View website. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. ↑ O'Sullivan, Jim (5 April 2008). "Tributes pour in for Tipp legend Stakelum". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ryan family". Hogan Stand. 30 August 1991. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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