Jack Ryan (born 1946) is an
Irish former
hurler and
Gaelic football
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er. His
championship career as a
dual player with the
Tipperary senior teams spanned eleven seasons from 1967 until 1977.
Born in
Dunkerrin
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,
County Offaly
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, Ryan was raised in a family that had a strong association with
Gaelic games
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. His father,
Séamus Ó Riain, had played junior hurling and football with Tipperary in the 1940s before becoming a Gaelic games administrator. He served in numerous roles with the
Tipperary County Board and the
Munster Council before becoming
President of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1967. Ryan's brothers -
Philip
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,
Séamus
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and
Eugene
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- would all later play for Tipperary at various levels.
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.
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
Munster
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runner-up on both occasions. After a year with the Tipperary junior football team, Ryan spent three years as a dual player with the under-21 teams, culminating with the winning of an
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
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medals as a non-playing substitute in 1971. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the
1977 championship.
Ryan's wife, Orla Ní Síocháin, was a three-time
All-Ireland medal winner with the Dublin
camogie
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A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
team and a daughter of GAA General-Secretary
Seán Ó Síocháin
Seán Ó Síocháin (24 March 1914 – 2 February 1997) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, hurler, ballad singer, broadcaster and Gaelic games administrator. His championship career with the Cork and Dublin senior teams spanned seven season ...
, while his son,
Shane Ryan, was a six-time
Leinster medal winner with the Dublin senior football team.
Honours
;Moneygall
*
Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1975, 1976
;Tipperary
*
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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(1):
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
*
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
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(1):
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
*
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1):
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
*
Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2):
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
,
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Jack
1946 births
Living people
Dual players
Moneygall Gaelic footballers
Moneygall hurlers
Tipperary inter-county Gaelic footballers
Tipperary inter-county hurlers