Ollie Reilly Explained

Ollie Reilly
Irish:Oilibhéar Ó Raghallaigh
Occupation:Farmer
Sport:Gaelic football
Code:Football
County:Louth
Province:Leinster
Club:Hunterstown Rovers
Clcounty:0
Counties:Louth
Icyears:1955-1962
Icposition:Right corner-back
Icprovince:1
Icallireland:1
Nfl:0
Birth Place:Ardee, County Louth, Ireland
Death Place:Ardee, County Louth, Ireland
Birth Date:1936
Death Date:4 April 2009 (aged 72)

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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ollie Reilly played central part in Louth's '57 success. Drogheda Independent. 8 October 2017. 8 April 2009.