P. J. Ryan (hurler, born 1977)

P. J. Ryan, formally Patrick Joseph Ryan, is an Irish hurler, born in June 1977 in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, who played as a goalkeeper for the Kilkenny senior team. He first played competitive hurling at Thurles CBS, arrived on the inter-county scene at seventeen with the Kilkenny minor team and later joined the under-21 side. At club level he plays with Fenians in Johnstown. With Kilkenny he won seven All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships, in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011, ten Leinster Senior Hurling Championships and five National Hurling League titles. He is identified here as the Kilkenny goalkeeper born in 1977 to tell him apart from other people of the same name.