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Shane Ryan
Personal information
Irish Name Seán Ó Riain
Sport Dual player
Football Position Midfield
Hurling Position Centre Forward
Date of birth

5 October 1978 (1978-10-05) (age 31)

Place of birth Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland
Nickname Ryaner, The Rhino, Shane 'The Luas' Ryan
Occupation Primary level teacher
Club information
Club Naomh Mearnóg
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
?-present
?-present
Naomh Mearnóg (F)
Naomh Mearnóg (H)
3
Inter County(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
1999-2009
2009-present
Dublin (F)
Dublin (H)
?
Inter County Titles
Football Hurling
Leinster titles 4 -
All Stars 1

* club appearances and scores
correct as of {{{clupdate}}}.
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of {{{icupdate}}}.

Shane Ryan (born October 5 1978) is an Irish sportsperson who plays hurling for Dublin and a former Gaelic footballer and All Star with Dublin.[1] Ryan plays his club hurling and football for Naomh Mearnóg and his preferred position is centre back although, he is known to have played many positions for Dublin. He made his senior debut for Dublin on June 4 1999.[2] He made the decision to concentrate solely on Gaelic football in 2004, which dealt a blow to the then hurling manager Humphrey Kelleher.[3] This was a turn around from his original decision in 2001, to only concentrate on football just for that year. In 2009 he made the decision to switch back to hurling and join Anthony Daly's team after giving it much consideration. Shane is a graduate of Business Studies (2001) in Dublin City University and is a teacher by profession.

Ryan has an illustrious ancestry in the Gaelic Athletic Association as his father, Jack Ryan won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medal with Tipperary in 1971. His mother, the late Orla Ní Shíocháin was an inter-county camogie player with Dublin for many years and won three All-Ireland Senior Camogie medals. She also won many Interprovincial Championship medals with Leinster. His paternal grandfather was Séamus O'Riain, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association 1967-70 and his maternal grandfather, Seán Ó' Siocháin was the first Director General of the Association having served as General Secretary for many years.

Sporting Achievements

Ryan was a Leinster Under 21 finalist in 1998 in football and a Leinster Minor and Under 21 finalist in 1996 and 1998 in hurling. He has won five Leinster Senior Football Championship medals with Dublin in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

In 2006 Ryan won the Sigerson Cup with Dublin City University and was nominated for an All Star award for his performances with Dublin in Midfield. 2006 continued to be a good year for Ryan as Seán Boylan named him on the Compromise Rules squad to play Australia in the first test at Pearse Stadium on October 29, 2006. He then won his first All Star award in 2008 where he was named in midfield alongside Enda McGinley from Tyrone.

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