Martin Ryan (politician)

Martin Ryan (31 January 1900 – 22 July 1943) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

He was first elected as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary constituency at the 1933 general election.

[2] No by-election was held for his seat, but his widow Mary Ryan was elected at the 1944 general election for the same constituency.

[2] Martin Ryan's family was involved in Irish nationalism and the GAA, his uncle was Canon Michael Kennedy Ryan.

[3] His brother Patrick Ryan fought in the Irish War of Independence and on the Anti-Treaty side of the Irish Civil War, and was also elected as an Anti-Treaty TD in 1923 for Tipperary.