Shane Ryan

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**Shane Ryan**

Personal information
Sport	Dual player
Irish Name	Seán Ó Riain
Date of Birth	5 October 1978
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Nickname	Ryaner
Club information
Club	Naomh Mearnóg
Football Position	Midfield
Hurling Position	-
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Naomh Mearnóg (F) Naomh Mearnóg(H)	?-present ?-present	?
Inter County
County	Dublin
Football Position	Midfield
Hurling Position	Midfield
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Dublin (F) Dublin (H)	1999-present ?-2004	?
Inter County Titles
	Football	Hurling
Leinster titles	3	-
* club appearances and scores correct as of {{{clupdate}}}. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of {{{icupdate}}}.

Shane Ryan is an Irish Gaelic Footballer who plays for Dublin. He was born on the 5th October, 1978. Ryan plays his club 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 the 04 June 1999 ^[1]. He also plays hurling and has represented Dublin at all levels up to senior. He made the decision his decision to concentrate solely on Gaelic football in 2004, which dealt a blow to the then hurling manager Humphrey Kelleher ^[2] . This was a turn around from his original decision in 2001, to only concentrate on football just for that year.[1] Shane is a graduate of Business Studies (2001) in Dublin City University and is a teacher by profession.

He 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 is 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.

[edit] Sporting Achievements

He was a Leinster Under 21 finalist in 1998 in football and a Leinster Minor and Under 21 finalist 1996 and 1998 in hurling. Ryan has won 3 Leinster Senior Football Championship medals with Dublin 2002, 2005 and 2006 .

He won the 2006 Sigerson Cup with Dublin City University. He has been nominated for an all-star for his 2006 performances 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.

[edit] References

^ Dublin players on hoganstand (english). Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
^ Ryan to concentrate on football (english). Retrieved on 2006-09-14.

[edit] External links

	Dublin Senior Football Team
1 S. Cluxton \| 2 D. Henry \| 3 B. Cahill \| 4 P. Griffin \| 5 P. Casey \| 6 B. Cullen \| 7 C. Goggins \| 8 C. Whelan \| 9 S. Ryan \| 10 K. Bonner \| 11 J. Sherlock \| 12 R. Cosgrove \| 13 A. Brogan \| 14 C. Keaney \| 15 T. Quinn \| Subs: D. Magee for Cahill (ht), S. Connell for Cosgrove (50), D. Lally for Ryan (61), M. Vaughan for Quinn (65), C. Moran for Bonner (67). Manager: P. Caffrey (Team as of August 2006 versus Mayo)