Shane Ryan (Dublin Gaelic footballer)

Shane Ryan, born on 5 October 1978, is an Irish sportsman who plays hurling for the Dublin county team and, formerly, Gaelic football also for the Dublin county team, for which he received an All Star. He plays his club hurling and football for Naomh Mearnóg, his preferred position is centre back, and he is known to have played many positions for Dublin. He made his senior debut for Dublin on 4 June 1999, decided in 2004 to concentrate solely on Gaelic football, and in 2009 switched back to hurling to join Anthony Daly's team. A graduate in Business Studies from Dublin City University in 2001 and a teacher by profession, he has an illustrious ancestry in the Gaelic Athletic Association: his father, Jack Ryan, won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medal with Tipperary in 1971.