Ryan's Hope was an ABC soap I used to enjoy. It aired from 75 - 89.   They have tied this show to GH. Illene Kristen (formerly of OLTL) originated the role of Delia on Ryan's Hope & played her until 1979.  She is know playing the same charater on GH.  The Ryan's were an Irish Catholic family that owned a bar in NYC. There were several brothers & a sister, if I remembe correctly.

Delia is now known as Ava Jerome's mother. She had an affair at some point in time with Ava's to dad.  This gave FV & RC the chance to bring another one of their OLTL favs over to GH.  I actually like the charcter. The last time she was seen on the show, she was helping Ava pull something over on Sonny.