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Irish hurler

Sport Hurling

Born (1962-02-07) 7 February 1962 (age 63)^[1]
Kiltormer, County Galway

Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Ollie Kilkenny
Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Corner-back
Born	(1962-02-07) 7 February 1962 (age 63)^[1] Kiltormer, County Galway
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	Nurse
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Kiltormer
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1980s-1990s	Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles	0
All-Irelands	2
NHL	2

Ollie Kilkenny (born 7 February 1962) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Kiltormer and with the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s. Kilkenny won back-to-back All-Ireland winners' medals with Galway in 1987 and 1988.^[2]

Giolla Ceallaigh mac Comhaltan, fl. 10th century, ancestor of Kilkelly clan of Galway.
Padhraic Mac Giolla Chealla, poet and seanchai, fl. 1798.

References

↑ "The players fact-file". Conancht Tribune. 2 September 1988. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
↑ "The DNA of Kilkenny GAA". The Irish Times. 4 September 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

Galway – 1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finalist

1 P. Murphy
2 O. Kilkenny
3 C. Hayes
4 S. Linnane
5 P. Finnerty
6 T. Keady
7 T. Kilkenny
8 M. Connolly (c)
9 S. Mahon
10 M. McGrath
11 B. Lynskey
12 J. Cooney
13 B. Forde
14 N. Lane
15 P. J. Molloy

Subs used: 19 J. Murphy for M. McGrath; 20 A. Cunningham for B. Forde; 21 M. Haverty for M. Connolly

Subs not used: 16 J. Commins; 17 S. Treacy; 18 G. McInerney; 22 M. Mooney; 23 P. Malone; 24 T. Monaghan

Manager: C. Farrell

Galway – 1986 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finalist

1 J. Commins
2 S. Linnane
3 C. Hayes
4 O. Kilkenny
5 P. Finnerty
6 T. Keady
7 G. McInrney
8 S. Mahon
9 P. Piggott
10 T. Kilkenny
11 B. Lynskey (c)
12 M. Naughton
13 A. Cunningham
14 J. Cooney
15 N. Lane

Subs used: 22 P. J. Molloy for P. Piggott; 21 M. Connolly for S. Mahon; 16 P. Murphy for A. Cunningham

Subs not used: 17 P. Dervan; 18 S. Coen; 19 M. Coleman; 20 G. Burke

Manager: C. Farrell

Galway – 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (3rd title)

1 J. Commins
2 S. Linnane
3 C. Hayes (c)
4 O. Kilkenny
5 P. Finnerty
6 T. Keady
7 G. McInerney
8 S. Mahon
9 P. Malone
10 M. McGrath
11 J. Cooney
12 M. Naughton
13 É. Ryan
14 B. Lynskey
15 A. Cunningham

Subs used: 20 N. Lane for M. Naughton; 18 T. Kilkenny for M. McGrath; 21 P. J. Molloy for A. Cunningham

Subs not used: 16 P. Murphy; 17 M. Earls; 19 P. Piggott; 22 T. Monaghan; 23 P. Nolan; 24 R. Dwane; 25 D. Monaghan; 26 J. Cohen; 27 M. Connolly

Manager: C. Farrell
Selectors: B. O'Connor; P. Murphy

Galway – 1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (4th title)

1 J. Commins
2 S. Linnane
3 C. Hayes (c)
4 O. Kilkenny
5 P. Finnerty
6 T. Keady
7 G. McInerney
8 M. Coleman
9 P. Malone
10 A. Cunningham
11 B. Lynskey
12 M. Naughton
13 M. McGrath
14 J. Cooney
15 É. Ryan

Subs used: 19 N. Lane for A. Cunningham; 18 T. Kilkenny for M. Naughton; 21 G. Burke for B. Lynskey

Subs not used: 16 P. Murphy; 17 M. Earls; 20 P. Piggott; 21 T. Monaghan; 22 M. Herbert; 23 J. Connolly

Manager: C. Farrell

Selectors: B. O'Connor; M. Murphy

Galway – 1990 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finalist

1 J. Commins
2 D. Fahy
3 S. Treacy
4 O. Kilkenny
5 P. Finnerty
6 T. Keady
7 G. McInerney
8 M. Coleman
9 P. Malone
10 A. Cunningham
11 J. Cooney (Capt.)
12 M. Naughton (c)
13 M. McGrath
14 N. Lane
15 É. Ryan

Subs used: T. Monaghan for P. Malone; B. Lynskey for A. Cunningham

Subs not used: P. Murphy; R. Burke; C. Hayes; P. Higgins; G. Burke; S. Dolan; N. Morrissey; J. Rabbitte

Manager: C. Farrell

v t e 1987 All-Star Hurling Team
1 K. Hogan 2 J. Hennessy 3 C. Hayes 4 O. Kilkenny 5 P. Finnerty 6 G. Henderson 7 J. Conran 8 S. Mahon 9 J. Fenton 10 M. McGrath 11 J. Cooney 12 A. Ryan 13 P. Fox 14 N. English 15 L. Fennelly

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