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Fergal Ryan

Fergal Ryan
Personal information
Irish name Fergal Ó Riain
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born (1972-02-17) 17 February 1972 (age 45)
Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland
Nickname Ryano
Occupation Sales representative
Club(s)
Years Club
1990–2014 Blackrock
Club titles
Cork titles 3
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1992–2002 Cork 17 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:42, 2 August 2014.

Fergal Ryan (born 17 February 1972) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Cork senior team.

Born in Blackrock, Cork, Ryan first played competitive hurling whilst at school at Coláiste Chríost Rí. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor hurling team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 1992–93 National Hurling League. Ryan went on to win one All-Ireland medal, two Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Ryan won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he has a three-time championship medallist with Blackrock.

His uncle, Terry Kelly, had a lengthy career with Cork and Dublin.

Throughout his career Ryan made 17 championship appearances for Cork. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 2002 championship.

Ryan played his club hurling with Blackrock and had several successes in his more than two-decade long career. After enjoying little success in the minor and under-21 grades, he later became a member of the Rockies senior team.

After losing the senior decider in 1998, Blackrock were back in the final once again the following year. A 3–17 to 0–8 trouncing of University College Cork gave Ryan his first championship medal.


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