Glenn Ryan

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Glenn Ryan
Personal information
Irish name Glenn Ó Riain
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre back
Born (1972-10-20) 20 October 1972 (age 50)
Kildare, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
1980s–
 Round Towers
Club titles
Kildare titles 3
Leinster titles 0
All-Ireland Titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1990–2006
 Kildare
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 2
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 2

Glenn Ryan (born 20 October 1972) is a Gaelic football manager and former player. He has been manager of the Kildare county team since 2021.

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Ryan previously managed Longford and the Kildare under-21 team.

He captained the Kildare team during its most successful period in recent history, leading the Lilywhites to the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and collecting Leinster medals in 1998 and again in 2000. [1] Ryan's contribution was recognised with All Stars Awards in 1997 and 1998 and a place on the Kildare Team of the Millennium.

He played his club football with Round Towers, winning the county title with them three times. [2]

Management

Kildare under-21 team

Ryan managed the Kildare under-21 team to a Leinster Under-21 Football Championship in 2008 and went on to the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship final only to lose out to Kerry on the day.

Longford

In October 2008, he took over the Longford senior football team.

In Ryan's first year in charge Longford were knocked out in the first round of the Leinster Senior Football Championship by Wicklow. They then went into the Qualifiers where they beat Leitrim 0–13 to 0–10 before they ran Kerry close in Round 2 going down 1–12 to 0–11.

Ryan's second year in charge once again seen his side go out in the first round in Leinster losing out to Louth, they once again entered the Qualifiers, in round 1 they pulled off the shock of the championship when they beat Mayo 1–12 to 0–14, in Round 2 Down proved too good and ran out 1–14 to 1–10 winners.

2011 started out well for Ryan and Longford when they beat Roscommon by 2–11 to 1–08 to take the National League Div 4 title.

In 2012, Longford again had a good start to the year this time by winning the Div 3 National League title with a win over Wexford giving Ryan and Longford back-to-back titles.

In August 2013, Ryan vacated the Longford senior management role. [3] [4]

Kildare

On 2 October 2021, following the departure of Kildare's senior football manager Jack O'Connor, the Kildare County Board appointed Ryan as O'Connor's replacement. Kildare followed that announcement with confirmation of the appointment of John Doyle, Dermot Earley Jnr and Anthony Rainbow as selectors.

Kildare contested the 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final.

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References

  1. ↑ Kildare to honour Ryan. Hoganstand.com (2006-10-26). Retrieved on 2011-06-22.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Glenn. Hoganstand.com (1991-05-03). Retrieved on 2011-06-22.
  3. ↑ "Past Longford Managers". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  4. ↑ "Glen Ryan steps down as Longford senior football manager". RTÉ. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
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