Ollie Reilly

Oliver Reilly (1936 - 4 April 2009) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Louth senior team lasted seven seasons from 1955 until 1962.[1]

Ollie Reilly
Personal information
Irish name Oilibhéar Ó Raghallaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-back
Born 1936
Ardee, County Louth, Ireland
Died 4 April 2009 (aged 72)
Ardee, County Louth, Ireland
Occupation Farmer
Club(s)
Years Club
 Hunterstown Rovers
Club titles
Louth titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1955-1962
 Louth
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 1
NFL 0

Born in Ardee, County Louth, Reilly was raised in a strong Gaelic football household. His father, Stephen Reilly, won a Leinster medal with the Louth junior team in 1912.

Reilly first played competitive Gaelic football with the Hunterstown Rovers club. He won a county minor championship medal in 1954 before later joining the club's adult team. Reilly won a county junior championship medal in 1959.

Reilly made his first appearance on the inter-county scene as a member of the Louth minor team in 1954. He later joined the Louth junior team before making his senior debut during the 1955-56 league. Over the following seven seasons Reilly enjoyed much success, culminating with the winning of a set of All-Ireland and Leinster medals in 1957. A gall stones operation hastened his retirement from inter-county Gaelic football in 1962. He is the father of Hollywood film director Fergal Reilly.

Honours
Hunterstown Rovers
  • Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1959
  • Louth Minor Football Championship (1): 1954
Louth

References
  1. "Ollie Reilly played central part in Louth's '57 success". Drogheda Independent. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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