Ollie Kilkenny
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Ollie Kilkenny is a retired 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.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
sportsperson. He played hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
with his local club Kiltormer and with the Galway
Galway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...
senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s. Kilkenny won back-to-back All-Ireland
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in Ireland....
winners' medals with Galway in 1987 and 1988.
See also
- Giolla Ceallaigh mac ComhaltanGiolla Ceallaigh mac ComhaltanGiolla Ceallaigh mac Comhaltan, fl. 10th century, ancestry to the MacGiolla Ceallaigh .Giolla Cellaigh - devotee of Saint Ceallaigh - was a member of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne of south Galway, and was a six-time great-grandson of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin, King of Connacht...
, fl. 10th century, ancestor of Kilkelly clan of Galway. - Padhraic Mac Giolla CheallaPadhraic Mac Giolla CheallaPadhraic Mac Giolla Chealla, Irish poet and storyteller, fl. 1798.Mac Giolla Chealla was a local poet who made a well-known prediction, of many years standing, "that the French were to come into Killala on the day of the Fair of Turloughmore."...
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and seanchai, fl. 1798.