Glenn Ryan (born 20 October 1972) is a

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and former player. He has been manager of the Kildare county team since 2021. Ryan previously managed

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and the Kildare under-21 team. He

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ed the Kildare team during its most successful period in recent history, leading the Lilywhites to the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and collecting Leinster medals in 1998 and again in 2000. Ryan's contribution was recognised with All Stars Awards in 1997 and 1998 and a place on the Kildare Team of the Millennium. He played his club football with

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, winning the county title with them three times.

Management

Kildare under-21 team

Ryan managed the Kildare under-21 team to a

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in 2008 and went on to the

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final only to lose out to

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on the day.

Longford

In 2009, he took over the

senior football team. In Ryan's first year in charge Longford were knocked out in the first round of the

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. They then went into the Qualifiers where they beat Leitrim 0–13 to 0–10 before they ran Kerry close in Round 2 going down 1–12 to 0–11. Ryan's second year in charge once again seen his side go out in the first round in Leinster losing out to

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, they once again entered the Qualifiers, in round 1 they pulled off the shock of the championship when they beat

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1–12 to 0–14, in Round 2 Down proved too good and ran out 1–14 to 1–10 winners. 2011 started out well for Ryan and Longford when they beat

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by 2–11 to 1–08 to take the National League Div 4 title. In 2012, Longford again had a good start to the year this time by winning the Div 3 National League title with a win over

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giving Ryan and Longford back-to-back titles. In August 2013, Ryan vacated the Longford senior management role.

Kildare

On 2 October 2021, following the departure of Kildare's senior football manager Jack O'Connor, the Kildare County Board appointed Ryan as O'Connor's replacement. Kildare followed that announcement with confirmation of the appointment of John Doyle,

Dermot Earley Jnr Dermot Earley Junior (born 7 July 1978) is a Gaelic footballer who played for the Sarsfields GAA (Kildare), Sarsfields Newbridge club and at senior level for the Kildare county football team, Kildare county team. He is the son of former Roscomm ...

and

Anthony Rainbow Anthony Rainbow is a Gaelic football manager and former player from County Kildare, Ireland. He played with the Kildare county team for almost 20 years with whom he won two Leinster Senior Football Championship medals, in 1998 and 2000. He pl ...

as selectors. Kildare contested the 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final.

References

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