Declan Ryan (hurler)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Déaglán Ó Riain | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Born |
25 March 1968 Clonoulty, County Tipperary, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Sales manager | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1986–2006 | Clonoulty-Rossmore | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1988–2001 | Tipperary | 41 (9-64) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Declan Ryan (born 25 March 1968) is an Irish former hurler and team manager with Tipperary.
Regarded as one of his county's greatest hurling servants, Ryan joined the team during the 1988 championship and was a regular member of the team until his retirement after the 2001 championship. During that time he won three All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals. He has ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
At club level Ryan is a two-time county club championship medalist with Clonoulty-Rossmore.
In retirement from playing Ryan became involved in team management. He guided the Tipperary minor hurling team to a second consecutive All-Ireland title in 2007 before later winning back-to-back Munster titles with the Tipperary senior hurling team. An All-Ireland title eluded the team and Ryan stepped down as manager after two years in September 2012.
Ryan played his club hurling with the Clonoulty-Rossmore club and enjoyed much success in a career that spanned three decades.
After coming to prominence as an under-age player Ryan later established himself on the club's senior team. In 1989 Clonoulty-Rossmore qualified for the final of county senior championship for the first time in 101 years. Reigning champions Loughmore-Castleiney provided the opposition on that occasion, however, history was on the side of Ryan and his club. A narrow 1–-11 to 1–9 score line gave Clonoulty-Rossmore a county title.
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