Eamon Ryan to be Honoured

Eamon Ryan is to be inducted into the Cork Historical Club’s Hall of Fame. The award recognises the achievements of the legendary coach in gaelic games as a player and mentor with club and county teams and more recently as the manager of the Cork Senior Ladies Football team.

Ryan took charge of the Cork ladies team in 2004 and has since lead his team to an unprecedented period of success winning 7 All Ireland’s in 8 years including October’s victory over neighbours Kerry.

The presentation will take place on Friday at the St. Columbas Hall in Douglas Co. Cork at 9pm.

Historic Club [Cork] a voluntary association, founded in July 2011, is a group of lifelong sports and music and Irish heritage fans promoting social inter action and speakers club for its members. The Club & Community Award was inaugurated when former Cork hurling legend, Willie John Daly, now a sprightly eighty seven years old and holder of  three successive All Ireland senior hurling medals in 1952/53/54, was honoured in October 2011. Pat Finn, a lifelong club member of Mayfield G.A.A. Cork and M.S. Regina Donnelly, Friends Of St. Patrick’s Hospital, Marymount, Cork, were also recipients in 2012.