ANZCC note: One of three brothers who became priests:
Phil 1835-1908
Patrick 1843-1913
John 1856-1880.

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English Shipping. Passengers, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 November 1873, p 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13326888:

Per William Duthie, For Sydney. [...] Rev. P.P. Ryan, [...]

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Carcoar, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 26 June 1875, p 12, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115478476:

(From a Correspondent.)
On Sunday, the 13th ultimo, a number of ladies and gentlemen waited on the Rev. Patrick Ryan at the presbytery for the purpose of presenting him with an address and a purse of sovereigns. The address was read by Andrew Lynch, Esq., and ran as follows:—

"Reverend and dear Sir,—We, the undersigned, your friends residing in the town and district of Carcoar, having heard with unfeigned regret of your intended departure from amongst us, cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without expressing to you tangibly our thorough appreciation of the very great zeal and earnestness displayed by you in ministering unto our spiritual wants during the eighteen months you have been amongst us. We therefore beg of you to accept the accompanying purse of sovereigns as a slight token of our genuine esteem and regard for you, hoping that you will not consider its intrinsic value, because that is trifling, but the feeling which prompted it. And in conclusion we wish you every blessing which the Almighty can bestow upon you, and that you may be spared many years to perform your sacred duties in your new sphere of labour. We beg to subscribe ourselves yours faithfully—Andrew Lynch, J.P., John Derwin, John Cody, John Corry, John Links, John Fagan, James Fitzpatrick. For and on behalf of the subscribers of the town and district of Carcoar."

Mr. John Derwin then came forward, and, after a few remarks expressive of the pleasure it afforded him, presented Father Ryan with a pretty little blue bag containing 150 sovereigns.

Father Ryan made a feeling and eloquent reply.

Champagne having been brought in the healths of Father Ryan and his brother [Fr Phil Ryan] were drank in bumpers of that sparkling liquid by the company. The address was very nicely engrossed on vellum by Mr. H. A. Lyons. Father Ryan proceeds to Dubbo to assist Father Dunne, and Father Matthew Ryan, lately of Bourke, succeeds him in Carcoar.
June 23rd, 1875.

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Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 3 July 1875, p 11, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115478062:

The following changes have lately taken place in the diocese of Bathurst. [...] J. Dunne, of Wentworth, to Dubbo, and with him Rev. P. Ryan, of Carcoar. Rev M. Ryan, of Bourke, replaces the latter. [...]

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Death of the Rev. John Ryan, Archdiocese of Cashel, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 9 October 1880, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133488668:

We extract the following from the Limerick Reporter and Tipperary Vindicator:—
We have to record the death of this distinguished young priest, which took place in Carcoar, Bathurst, in the 25th year of his age, on the 20th of last May. [...] The Rev. Patrick Ryan, another brother on the mission in Sydney, was not able to reach his brother before his sad demise, but was present at his obsequies. It was only on last Thursday evening that the sad news reached [another brother] Father Phil in Clonoulty, his native parish, where he is giving efficient aid to the Oblate Fathers, who are there conducting a most successful mission, and on Saturday morning an office and High Mass were celebrated in the parish church of Clonoulty for the soul of the deceased; [...]

The Rev. Patrick Ryan does not belong to the archdiocese of Sydney, but to the diocese of Maitland. The rev. gentleman has been for a considerable time in sole charge of the missions of Lambton and Wallsend. His missionary career since his advent to the colony has been one of marked success.—Ed.]

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Current News, Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 4 September 1913, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137030430:

The death of Father Ryan occurred at the Lewisham Hospital yesterday morning. The late Father Ryan had been stationed at Blanberg [Blumberg=Birdwood], South Australia, for the past 18 years, but came to Sydney a couple of months ago to improve his health, which was in an indifferent state. The deceased gentleman was well-known in the Newcastle district, for, prior to going to South Australia, he was for 12 years parish priest at Lambton. He had attained the age of 68 years, and his death will be regretted by the large circle of parishioners, who valued his advice and personality in past years.

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Catholic News. Death of Rev. P. Ryan, of Blumberg, The Southern Cross, Adelaide, 5 September 1913, p 13, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167012162:

A telegram was received on Wednesday by the Rev. Father Healy, of Thebarton, announcing the death, early that morning, at the Lewisham Hospital, Sydney (conducted by the Nursing Sisters of the Little Company of Mary), of the Rev. Patrick Ryan, who had charge of the parish of Blumberg in this State for some 17 years. The news was not unexpected, as it was known that Father Ryan had been dangerously ill for the past seven weeks. The deceased clergyman was born 70 years ago at Rossmore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. He made his ecclesiastical studies first at Mount Melleray seminary and afterwards at All Hallows' College. When St. Patrick's, Thurles, became a theological college, he went there to complete his course, and was ordained priest by Archbishop Leahy over forty years ago. Soon afterwards he came to New South Wales, where he labored for many years in the Bathurst and Maitland dioceses. In 1896 he was transferred to the Adelaide Archdiocese, taking charge of the Blumberg parish and building the present presbytery and improving the church. In May last he resigned his charge, owing to ill-health, and was presented with an address by his parishioners before leaving for Sydney. He was succeeded in the charge of Blumberg by the Venerable Archdeacon Connelly, late of the Wilcannia diocese. Father Ryan was highly esteemed by his late parishioners, and he was respected by all with whom he came in contact. He had a large number of relatives who devoted themselves to God in religion. Two of his brothers were priests, one of them being the late Father Phil Ryan, of Mount Melleray. One of his sisters joined the Order of the Good Shepherd. He had also a large number of nephews and nieces in religion. Two of his nephews are priests in America; and another nephew (the Rev. E. Ryan) recently joined the Port Augusta diocese. Another nephew is a monk in the Cistercian monastery at Mount Melleray, and has written a work on philosophy, which is used as a text book in the the Continental schools of theology. The remains were interred on Thursday in the Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, after Office and the Requiem Mass in St. Thomas' Church, Lewisham. The Month's Mind will take place in St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide, on Wednesday, October 3. R.I.P.