Colin Ryan (born 2 September 1988) is an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the

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senior team lasted ten years from 2007 to 2017. Born in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ryan first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Flannan's College. Here he won an All-Ireland medal in 2005, as well as back-to-back Harty Cup medals. Ryan simultaneously began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with Newmarket-on-Fergus. After earlier winning several county under-21 championship medals, he won a county senior championship medal in 2012. Ryan made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he joined the Clare minor team. After little success in this grade, he later won an All-Ireland medal with the under-21 team in 2009. By this stage Ryan had joined the Clare senior team, making his debut during the 2007 championship. Over the course of the next ten years, Ryan won one All-Ireland medal and one

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medal. Having earlier announced that he was taking an extended break from inter-county hurling, Ryan announced his retirement from the game on 6 October 2017. As a member of the

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inter-provincial team, Ryan won one

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medal. Ryan attended NUI Galway. He played for the university hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup, and was part of the side that lost the 2007 final.

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Honours

Team

;St. Flannan's College * All-Ireland Colleges' Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2005 * Munster Colleges' Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2004, 2005 ;Newmarket-on-Fergus * Clare Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2012 ;Clare *

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* National Hurling League (Division 1A) (1): 2016 * All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2009 * Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2009 ;Munster *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Colin 1988 births Living people Alumni of the University of Galway Clare inter-county hurlers Irish schoolteachers Munster inter-provincial hurlers Newmarket-on-Fergus hurlers University of Galway hurlers