Tomás Ryan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Riain | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||
| Born |
1944 Dripsey, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Nickname | Thomasheen | ||
| Occupation | Retired politician | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
1961-1985 1964-1977 |
Inniscarra → Muskerry |
25 (6-119) | |
| Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1968-1972 | Cork | 9 (2-15) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 3 | ||
Thomas F. Ryan (born 1944), better known as Tomás Ryan, is an Irish retired
Cork senior hurling team. Ryan also spent 30 years as an elected representative with Cork County Council
.
Club career
Ryan began a lifelong association with the
Cork JHC title after a win over Ballymartle.[4]
Inter-county career
Ryan never played at
1967-68 National League and he made his debut in a 5-13 to 6-03 first-round win over Galway. He made his championship debut later that season when he came on as a substitute and scored a goal in the 1968 Munster final defeat by Tipperary.[6]
Ryan claimed his first senior inter-county silverware when Cork secured the
1970 All-Ireland final.[8]
An leg injury sustained in a farming accident ruled Ryan out of the
1971-72 National League
but was dropped completely from the panel before the quarter-final against Galway in a move which effectively ended his inter-county career.
Political career
Ryan was elected to Cork County Council as a Fine Gael candidate in the 1979 local elections. He was re-elected at every subsequent election until his retirement in 2009, during which time he also served a term as chairman.[9] Ryan was also an unsuccessful candidate in the Cork North-Central constituency at three general elections.[10]
Honours
- Inniscarra
- Cork Junior Hurling Championship: 1975(c)
- Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 1965, 1968, 1975 (c)
- Cork
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1970
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship: 1969, 1970
- 1971-72
- Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1967
References
- ^ "Inniscarra: History made and in the making..." Inniscarra website. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "All-Ireland Hurling Final 2021: Excitement building in Inniscarra ahead of Sunday's big game". Echo Live. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Classic county hurling finals: UCC denied Muskerry the double in 1970". Echo Live. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "The Story of '75". Inniscarra website. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Cork intermediate hurling teams: 1961-2009" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Cork SHC teams: 1960-1969" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Cork v Kilkenny Classics: 1969 SHC final". RTÉ Sport. 26 August 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Lewis, Simon (11 September 2011). "O'Brien hails Corbett's hat-trick heroics". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Roche, Barry (14 September 1999). "`The Banks' ring out for Cork's hurling heroes". Irish Times. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Tomás Ryan". Elections Ireland website. Retrieved 12 March 2013.