Frank Ryan (October 5th, 1900 – July 17th, 1965) was an Irish tenor born in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland in October 1900. His family moved to Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland when Frank was six years old; and his parents began a victualing business. His voice developed late, and after it was discovered in his mid-20s that he was a tenor, he won the Tenor Solo award at the Dublin Feis Ceoil in 1931 and the Feis Matthew on four occasions. He joined the Fermoy Choral Society in 1935 and took leading roles in The Gondoliers, Pirates of Penzance, The Geisha, The Yeomen of the Guard, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado and in later years, Lilac Time.