Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Fergal Ó Riain | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right corner-back | ||
Born |
Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland |
17 February 1972 ||
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.