Ryan: I couldn’t walk off with unfinished business

LONG serving St Finbarr’s stalwart Michael Ryan had his career plans mapped out before last season’s county senior football final.

The defender was set to call it a day if the Togher club brought their 25-year title drought to an end. But, Clonakilty scuppered that dream and Ryan felt he couldn’t walk away with unfinished business.

“Last year I was going to finish up if we won the county. But I didn’t want to leave on such a low note when we lost. I kept doing a bit of work over the winter just to see how I was. I made a decision then in January that I would go back.