Christy Ryan

Christopher D. Ryan, known as Christy Ryan, lived from 18 August 1957 to 8 February 2021 and was an Irish Gaelic footballer, hurler and coach. A dual player for club and county, he played in several positions, including centre-back, midfield and as a target man in attack, and has been described as one of Cork's most decorated club players of all time. With St Finbarr's he began seventeen consecutive seasons as a senior dual player from 1976, winning six Cork senior hurling titles and five Cork senior football titles, four All-Ireland club championships and six Munster club championships, and captaining the footballers to the 1980 All-Ireland club title. For the Cork senior football team he served as captain twice, in the 1980 National League and the 1983 Munster Championship, and finished with a 1987 All-Ireland final defeat by Meath.