John Ryan (1925–1992) was an Irish artist, broadcaster, publisher, critic, editor, and publican.
First Bloomsday: John Ryan, Anthony Cronin, Brian O'Nolan, Patrick Kavanagh & Tom Joyce (James Joyce's cousin) 1954
Envoy, A Review of Literature and Art
Envoy, A Review of Literature and Art was a magazine published in Dublin, Ireland, from December 1949 to July 1951. It was founded and edited by John Ryan.
'James Joyce', Envoy, Vol. 5, No. 17 (April 1951); special number dedicated to James Joyce with contributions by Brian O'Nolan (honorary editor for this particular issue), Patrick Kavanagh, Denis Johnston and William Bedell Stanford, among others; later expanded into a book, A Bash In The Tunnel: James Joyce by the Irish, ed. John Ryan, Samuel Beckett, Patrick Kavanagh, Brian O'Nolan, Ulick O'Connor, Edna O'Brien (Brighton: Clifton Books, 1970)