Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Éamonn D. Ó Riain | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left wing-back | ||
Born |
Edmond D. Ryan 18 May 1874 Boherlahen, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
Died |
18 February 1969 Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland | (aged 94)||
Occupation | Draper | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Tubberadora Cashel King Cormacs | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1896-1898 | Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 |
Edmond D. Ryan (18 May 1874 – 18 February 1969) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local clubs Tubberadora and Cashel King Cormacs and was a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team between 1896 and 1898.[1]
Biography
Raised near Boherlahen, County Tipperary, Ryan was born to James Ryan, a farmer, and his wife Ellen. After a brief education he later moved Cashel where he first worked as a shopkeeper before opening his own business as a draper.[citation needed]
Ryan first came to prominence as a hurler with the Tubberadora club that dominated the Tipperary Championship in the 1890s. He also played with the Cashel King Cormacs club.[citation needed]
Success at club level saw Ryan join the Tipperary senior hurling team during the 1896 championship. He won All-Ireland Championship medals in 1896 and 1898 after respective defeats of Dublin and Kilkenny. Ryan also won two Munster Championship medals.[2]
Ryan died in Cashel on 18 February 1969. At the time of his death he was Tipperary's oldest All-Ireland medal winner.[citation needed]
Honours
- Tipperary
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1896, 1898
- Munster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1896, 1898
References
- ^ "Death of well-known Cashel man". Finbarr J. Connolly website. 19 February 1969. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ Hurley, Denis (13 August 2014). "Old rivals Cork and Tipperary have Croke Park history". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 October 2018.