Timothy Ryan (7 May 1909 – 28 January 1995) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Limerick county team.
Ryan represented the Munster inter-provincial team at various times throughout his career, winning five Railway Cup medals.
[2] The subsequent All-Ireland final on 3 September 1933, saw a record crowd of 45,176 travel to Croke Park to see Limerick face Kilkenny.
After being level at the interval, the game remained close in the second half until a solo-run goal by Johnny Dunne sealed a 1–7 to 0–6 victory for Kilkenny.
The subsequent provincial championship saw Limerick reach the decider, where they played Waterford for the second year in-a-row.
Points from Mick Mackey and Jackie O'Connell and four goals from Dave Clohessy secured a 5–2 to 2–6 victory for Limerick.
The win gave Ryan an All-Ireland medal, while he also had the honour of collecting the Liam MacCarthy Cup as captain.
At the beginning of the second-half Lory Meagher scored a point from midfield giving Kilkenny a lead which they would not surrender.
Jack Keane issued an instruction from the sideline that Ryan was to take the free and put the sliotar over the bar for the equalising point.
Tipperary provided the opposition in the provincial final, however, a 5–3 haul from an injured Mick Mackey secured an 8–6 to 4–5 victory and a fourth successive Munster medal for Ryan.
For the third time in four years the lure of a Kilkenny-Limerick clash brought a record crowd of over 50,000 to Croke Park for the All-Ireland decider on 6 September 1936.
The first half produced a game that lived up to the previous clashes, and Limerick had a two-point advantage at half-time.
Limerick's bid for a record-equalling fifth successive Munster crown came to an end in the provincial decider when Tipperary were victorious.
This certainly seemed the case in 1940, when it took two late goals from Jackie Power and a storming display by Mick Mackey to level the Munster semi-final with Waterford.
Held scoreless for the entire thirty minutes, Mackey got the recovery underway in the second-half with a point from a seventy.
A pitch invasion scuppered the game for ten minutes, however, Limerick held on to win by 3–3 to 2–4 and Ryan collected a fifth Munster medal.
In the last fifteen minutes of the subsequent replay, Limerick were up by four points when a goal by Mick Mackey was disallowed as he was deemed to be fouled as he went through.
Only seconds remained when Cork's Christy Ring caught the sliotar and fired a fierce shot into the net to win the game.
Both sides renewed their rivalry the following year, with Ryan, who was now captain of the team, winning his first Railway Cup medal following a 6–3 to 3–2 victory.