Donie Ryan
Personal information
Irish name Dónal Ó Riain
Sport Hurling
Position Left corner-forward
Born (1976-12-26) 26 December 1976
Knocklong, County Limerick, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Farmer
Club(s)
Years Club
1993-2018
 Garryspillane
Club titles
Limerick titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2000-2011
 Limerick 25 (7-09)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Donie Ryan (born 26 December 1976) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with Garryspillane and was also a member of the Limerick senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.

Career

Ryan first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Garryspillane club and had a career that spanned 25 years with the club's top adult team. During that time, he won three County Championship titles in three different grades, including a County Senior Championship title in 2005.[1] Ryan first came to prominence on the inter-county scene at the underage and intermediate levels with Limerick. He joined his brother, T. J. Ryan, on the Limerick senior hurling team for the Oireachtas Cup in 1997, however, it was 2002 before he established himself on the team.[2] Ryan was at left corner-forward when Limerick lost the 2007 All-Ireland final to Kilkenny. His inter-county career ended when he was dropped from the panel in 2011.[3]

Career statistics

Team Year National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Limerick 2002 Division 1B 20-0210-0010-0040-02
2003 00-0000-0000-0000-00
2004 72-0600-0010-0082-06
2005 83-0720-0143-02146-10
2006 61-0810-0041-01112-09
2007 50-0220-0033-02103-04
2008 42-0510-0110-0162-07
2009 Division 1 51-0320-0010-0181-04
2010 00-0000-0000-0000-00
2011 Division 2 20-0200-0010-0030-02
Career total 399-3590-02167-076416-44

Honours

Garryspillane

References

  1. ↑ O'Connell, Jerome (22 October 2018). "Donie Ryan wins a third Limerick title spanning three decades with Garryspillane". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ↑ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (27 August 2007). "Take a look through my eyes". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Fennessy, Paul (18 October 2011). "Allen drops nine Limerick players from panel". The 42. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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