Thady Ryan (23 September 1923, in

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chef d'équipe for

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. He also was for almost 60 years the master of the Scarteen Hunt, residing at Scarteen House.

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*http://www.friendsandrelations.com/html/detail.php/id/48/relations/thady_ryan.html *http://www.araltas.com/features/ryan/ *http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/migration/thady-ryan-26204572.html Irish male equestrians Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Ireland 1923 births 2005 deaths Irish expatriates in New Zealand Equestrians from County Dublin 20th-century Irish sportsmen {{Ireland-equestrian-bio-stub