Jack Ryan (Moneygall hurler)

Jack Ryan
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó Riain
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left wing-forward
Born	1946; Dunkerrin, County Offaly, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Moneygall
Club titles
Tipperary titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1968-1977	Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	1
All-Irelands	1
NHL	0
All Stars	0

Jack Ryan (born 1946) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer. His championship career as a dual player with the Tipperary senior teams spanned eleven seasons from 1967 until 1977.

Born in

Philip, Séamus and Eugene - would all later play for Tipperary at various levels.^{[citation needed}

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Ryan first played competitive Gaelic football and hurling with the Moneygall club at juvenile and underage levels. After winning several divisional titles in both codes, Ryan won back-to-back county senior championship medals in 1975 and 1976.^{[citation needed]}

Ryan made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Tipperary minor hurling team in 1963. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team, however, he was a

All-Ireland medal in 1967. That same year he was added to the Tipperary senior football panel before joining the senior hurling panel the following year. Over the course of the next decade Ryan was a regular player with the hurlers, and he won All-Ireland and Munster medals as a non-playing substitute in 1971. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1977 championship.^{[citation needed}

]

Ryan's wife, Orla Ní Síocháin, was a three-time All-Ireland medal winner with the Dublin camogie team and a daughter of GAA General-Secretary Seán Ó Síocháin, while his son, Shane Ryan, was a six-time Leinster medal winner with the Dublin senior football team.^[1]

Honours

Moneygall

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1975, 1976

Tipperary

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1971
Munster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1971
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1967

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 1965, 1967

References

^ Slevin, Gerry (1 January 2004). "Orla Ryan's death". New Ross Standard. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[1] Slevin, Gerry (1 January 2004). "Orla Ryan's death". New Ross Standard. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

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