Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Paddy "Sweeper" Ryan | |
Irish: | Pádraig Ó Riain |
Nickname: | Sweeper |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Moycarkey–Borris |
Clcounty: | 5 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
Icyears: | 1934-1945 |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 22:08, 16 April 2012 |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1912 |
Birth Place: | Two-Mile-Borris, County Tipperary |
Death Date: | 31 December 1991 (aged 79) |
Death Place: | Littleton, County Tipperary |
Paddy "Sweeper" Ryan (1 April 1912 – 31 December 1991) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Tipperary senior team.
Ryan made his first appearance for the team during the 1934 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1945 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and one Munster medal.[1] [2]
At club level Hayes was a five-time county championship medalist with Moycarkey–Borris.