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preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 517 - 22/08/2019 12:21:54 2228489 Link 0 |
Do you have a photo or video of the dugout? I have an idea of who it might have been but would need a photo or video to be sure.
slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6218 - 24/08/2019 08:37:51 2228955 Link 0 |
I also have an idea as to who it is but would like to see a photo to confirm.
Citygael (None) - Posts: 168 - 24/08/2019 10:56:18 2228978 Link 0 |
The Jap Ryan from Garryspillane welpastit (Limerick) - Posts: 720 - 24/08/2019 17:43:43 2229022 Link 0 |
It's somewhere in the video of the game.... You can see him prominently sometime around the second half in the dugout.. I'd have to look back on it to get the time... I'd say he was near 80 at the time preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 517 - 24/08/2019 21:32:35 2229044 Link 0 |
https://youtu.be/2bJS2OHG8eY preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 517 - 24/08/2019 22:15:22 2229061 Link 0 |
welpastit (Limerick) - Posts: 720 - 24/08/2019 22:43:33 2229068 Link 0 |
Preddan it's the Jap Ryan RIP. A legend in Limerick hurling circles welpastit (Limerick) - Posts: 720 - 24/08/2019 22:43:59 2229069 Link 0 |
Don't know the gent nearest the camera but its not the Jap Ryan ( now RIP) ). I believe however that the Jap Ryan is about 3rd or 4th from the front in the frame as you are talking about. (1:40) The Jap always wore a peak cap also.
PatOLogical (Limerick) - Posts: 1193 - 25/08/2019 00:08:38 2229086 Link 0 |
when did the jap ryan pass away what age was he..i looked him up ..he seemed a legend from garryspillane and limerick hurling circles...this man im talking about youd say he played back in the 30s and 40s though..i didnt get the impression from what i tried to find out that the jap ryan was that old preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 517 - 25/08/2019 11:31:55 2229126 Link 0 |
i think i seen him before on a photo after the all ireland of 1994 he was holding a load of hurls shaking hands with Eamon Cregan after the game....congratulating him if im not mistaken..definitley not the man im talking about from 1980
preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 517 - 25/08/2019 11:40:26 2229128 Link 0 |
The Jap Ryan was tragically killed in a car accident about 15 years ago. Not sure of his age at that time (mid 60s, maybe someone else can answer?) that time. He was one of the founding members of Garryspillane "The Bouncers" and would have been considered the "heartbeat of that club.
PatOLogical (Limerick) - Posts: 1193 - 25/08/2019 13:12:31 2229152 Link 0 |
That's not the Jap Ryan in the 1980 final at 1.40 mins (wouldn't be anywhere near 80 at that time) ...... yes he would have been all over pictures from '94. Huge Garryspillane and Limerick man, character big time. LimkABU (Limerick) - Posts: 62 - 28/08/2019 13:24:21 2230119 Link 0 |
So no clues on the man I'm talking about :(
preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 517 - 29/08/2019 00:35:58 2230312 Link 0 |
So the Jap is actually in the dugout but about 4 in from the guy you are talking about .......cap on - see 9 mins 52 in same link. Now you got me watching this !!! my wife thought i was obsessive about Limerick hurling but said i brought it to a new level last night when she caught me glued to this entire game [could have been caught watching worse ;-)] I can ask my dad later tonight LimkABU (Limerick) - Posts: 62 - 29/08/2019 10:56:07 2230369 Link 1 |
You could be watching a lot worse LIMKabu ....... That was a fine Limerick team. With the players they had from 1980-1984 we should have bagged at least one all-Ireland. 1981 was tough to take as there was a golden opportunity to win the final had we got past Galway. In 1982 Waterford caught us out badly and in 83 & 84 we just couldn't get past Cork, who ended up in both All-Ireland finals. slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6218 - 29/08/2019 14:37:40 2230430 Link 0 |
"]Watched this also.. some great ground "pulling" however, there was was no room for thought as to where the ball would land. That was the next man's problem. Still enjoyable to watch.
PatOLogical (Limerick) - Posts: 1193 - 30/08/2019 14:46:41 2230715 Link 0 |
I think that it's the great Jackie power! He may have been a mentor that time Limcofinest (Limerick) - Posts: 83 - 30/08/2019 23:33:34 2230869 Link 0 |
Definitely not Jackie Power, I'd say he was too young at that time
preddan (Kildare) - Posts: 517 - 31/08/2019 23:59:22 2231096 Link 0 |
Our two corner backs got roasted alive. Our half forward line couldn't score in a brothel (not helped by the fact that two of them were priests). David Punch was destroyed in midfield and our half backs struggled. It's still a mystery why they took off Mossie Carroll at center back with the carnage going on all around him but who then sulked and played with Tipperary in 1991. If he'd stayed, he would have an All Ireland medal now. Dealer (Limerick) - Posts: 745 - 02/09/2019 13:40:27 2231878 Link 0 |