Ray Ryan (born 18 November 1981 in Glanmire, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson.
He plays hurling with his local club Sarsfields and has represented the Cork senior inter-county team.
[1] Ryan comes from a hurling family, and his brother Pat is a former member of the Cork senior panel.
[4] Although he was sent off with a yellow card against Dublin in Cork's opening fixture,[5] he impressed against Tipperary in the next game.
[7] Ryan admits to experiencing some "moral dilemmas" when agreeing to play with McCarthy's squad and says that he understands the 2008 players' problems, but believes that "What they are doing is not right".