Martin Ryan

Who was Martin Ryan?

Martin Ryan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for the Tipperary constituency at the 1933 general election. He was re-elected at the 1937, 1938 and 1943 general elections. He died while still in office in 1943.

His widow Mary Ryan was elected at the 1944 general election for the same constituency.

Martin Ryan's family made a considerable contribution to the GAA, his uncle was Canon Michael Kennedy Ryan. His brother Patrick Ryan was a soldier in the Irish War of Independence and on the Anti-Treaty side of the Irish Civil War, he was also elected as an Anti-Treaty TD in 1923 for Tipperary.