Éamonn Ryan

Éamonn Ryan (1941 to 14 January 2021) was an Irish Gaelic football player and manager born in Watergrasshill, County Cork. As a player he turned out for his local clubs Glenville and UCC and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county football team from 1963 until 1968. He also played hurling with Watergrasshill, winning East Cork junior A and Cork County junior A titles with the club in 1974. Ryan later became a manager, taking charge of the Cork senior men's team from 1980 to 1984 and the Cork senior ladies' team in two stints, from 2004 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2015. Under him the Cork ladies footballers won ten All-Ireland titles in eleven years between 2005 and 2015, including their first Brendan Martin Cup in 2005, together with nine national leagues. He returned to the men's side as a selector in 2015 and stayed until about 2020. Cork LGFA announced his death on 14 January 2021, when he was 79.