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Thomas Ryan (other)
Thomas, Tom or Tommy Ryan may refer to: Politics and military * Thomas Ryan (Commandant) ( 1790–??), soldier and penal administrator * Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician) (1804–1889), businessman and Senator from Quebec *Thomas Ryan (congressman) (1837–1914), Congressional representative from Kansas *Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician) (1849–1937), Canadian politician * Tommy Ryan (politician) (1852–?), Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *Thomas Ryan (1870–1943), Australian politician, member of both the Victorian Legislative Assembly and South Australian House of Assembly *T. J. Ryan (1876–1921), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Australia (1915–1919), also New South Wales Parliament member (1921) *Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1888–1968), Congressional representative from New York * Thomas Ryan (Irish Army officer) (1893–1980), I.R.A. Commander and Lt. Col. Irish Defence Forces *Thomas Ryan (New South Wales politician) (1895–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ryan (Commandant)
Major Thomas Ryan (c.1790–??) soldier and penal administrator, was acting commandant of the second convict settlement A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory. Although the term can be used to refer t ... at Norfolk Island, from July 1839 until the arrival of Alexander Maconochie in March 1840. Although he regarded the convicts as having been sent to the island for punishment, he tried to give them hope of release at some future time. Rations were increased, meals inspected, and well behaved and willing convicts were allowed to maintain gardens. References * Hazzard, Margaret, ''Punishment Short of Death: a history of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island'', Melbourne, Hyland, 1984. () Norfolk Island penal colony administrators {{NorfolkIsland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Ryan (Toomevara Hurler)
Thomas J. Ryan (1941 - 17 March 1970) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Toomevara and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. Career Ryan first played hurling at juvenile and underage level with the Toomevara club. He eventually progressed onto the club's senior team and won three successive North Tipperary SHC titles as well as a Tipperary SHC title in 1960. Ryan first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two-year tenure with the Tipperary minor hurling team. He ended his underage career by winning an All-Ireland MHC medal after a one-point win over Kilkenny in the 1959 All-Ireland minor final. Ryan joined the senior team training panel in 1961. He won his first All-Ireland SHC medal after coming on as a substitute for Jimmy Doyle in the 1962 All-Ireland final defeat of Wexford. Ryan was dropped from the team for the next two years but returned as part of the 1964-65 National League-winning side. He later won a second All-Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |