Ollie Moran
{{short description|Irish sportsperson (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox GAA player
| image =
| alt =
| name = Ollie Moran
| irish = Olibhéar Ó Moráin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|11|7}}
| birth_place = Castleconnell, County Limerick
| nickname = Ollie
| feet = 6
| inches = 2
| occupation = Financial Advisor
| sport = Hurling
| code = Hurling
| county = Limerick
| province = Munster
| colyears = 1994–2003
| colleges = Waterford IT
| colapps(points) =
| fitz = 2
| clposition = centre-back
| clyears = 1990s–present
| clapps(points) =
| clcounty = 3
| clprovince = 0
| clubs = Ahane
| counties = Limerck
| icposition = Right wing-back
| icyears = 1997–2009
| icapps(points) = ? (6-29)
| icprovince = 0
| icallireland = 0
| nhl = 1
| allstars = 1
| icupdate =
| clupdate =
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Oliver Moran (born 7 November 1975 in Castleconnell, County Limerick) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Ahane and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1997 to 2009. During his career as a hurler, he has won 3 County Championships with Ahane, 2 Fitzgibbon Cup titles with Waterford IT, a National Hurling League and Waterford Crystal Cup title with Limerick, 5 Railway Cup titles with Munster and a shinty/hurling international with Ireland.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/ollie-moran-limerick-hurler-467783.html |title=Ollie Moran Limerick hurler |date=15 May 2005 |work=Independent.ie |publisher=Independent News & Media plc |access-date=29 May 2011}} Ollie's individual accolades include a Munster All-Star award in 2004 and a GAA All-Star award in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://munster.gaa.ie/history/munster-all-stars/ |title=Munster All-Star Teams (2004-2006) |work=munster.gaa.ie |publisher=Munster Council GAA |access-date=1 August 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/hurlingallstars2007.html |title=Hurling All Stars 2007 |date=19 October 2007 |work=rte.ie |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |access-date=6 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331100601/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/hurlingallstars2007.html |archive-date=31 March 2008 }} He was also captain of the Limerick Senior Hurling Team in 2005. In 2013 he appeared as a studio analyst on The Sunday Game.
Biography
Ollie Moran was born in Castleconnell, County Limerick in 1975. He was raised by his parents, Pat and Brigid, on a dairy farm along with his brother and fellow Limerick hurler, Niall. He was born into a family that has a strong association with the game of hurling. He is a first cousin to Tipperary hurlers, Eoin and Paul Kelly and is also a relation of former Tipperary manager, Babs Keating.{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Limerick/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=44821 |title=Moran Ollie |date=3 October 1997 |work=hoganstand.com |publisher=Lynn Media Group |access-date=1 December 2008}} From an early age, Ollie showed great skill as an all-round sports star. He played both hurling and football at minor level for Limerick. As well as Gaelic games, Ollie was an accomplished rugby union player. At underage, he was more into rugby and played at full back for Ireland U18s, the Irish Colleges, and Munster U18s and U20s. He won an AIL Division Four medal with UL Bohemians. Ollie was educated at local secondary school, Ardscoil Rís, and later attended Waterford Regional Technical College where he graduated with a First Class Honours Degree (BA) in Financial Services.{{cite web |url=http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/ollie-moran/24/249/211 |title=Ollie Moran |first=Ollie |last=Moran |work=linkedin.com |publisher=LinkedIn Corporation |access-date=31 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709075100/http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/ollie-moran/24/249/211 |archive-date=9 July 2012 }} He has worked as a Financial Advisor in the Financial Services industry since 1997. He is the owner and principal director of company, Ollie Moran Financial Services Limited, which have been based in Limerick since September 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.olliemoranfs.com/ |title=About Us |work=olliemoranfs.com |publisher=Ollie Moran Financial Services Ltd |access-date=29 May 2011}} He lives with his wife, Lisa, and son, David.{{cite news |url=http://www.limerickleader.ie/sport/ollie_moran_calls_it_a_day_1_2190357 |title=Ollie Moran calls it a day |date=6 October 2009 |work=limerickleader.ie |publisher=Johnston Publishing Ltd |access-date=31 July 2011}}
Playing career
=Club=
Ollie plays his club hurling with Ahane, the club made famous by the legendary Mick Mackey. He enjoyed much success at under-age level and was later part of 3 different senior teams that won the Limerick County Championship. Moran received his first senior championship medal in 1998 when Ahane beat Patrickswell by 1-11 to 0-9. He wasn't long waiting for a second county medal as Ahane were in the final the following year, this time against Kilmallock whom they drew with in the first final, 0-12 to 2-6. However, Ahane were crowned champions after the game was replayed at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. They won the game by a scoreline of 0-14 to 2-5. Ollie played at centre-back and picked up the man of the match award for a great performance which saw him score 3 points in total.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/tempers-flare-as-ahane-win-392521.html |title=Tempers flare as Ahane win |date=4 October 1999 |work=Independent.ie |publisher=Independent News & Media plc |access-date=1 August 2011}} Ahane were back in the county final in 2002, however they lost on this occasion to Adare by 0-14 to 0-12. Ollie picked up his third county medal in 2004 when Ahane beat Garryspillane in the final. Ollie's brother, Niall, was the hero on this occasion after he scored a 58-yard free deep into injury time to put their team ahead by a single point and win by 1-11 to 0-13.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/late-moran-point-shatters-garryspillane-149201.html |title=Late Moran point shatters Garryspillane |date=11 October 2004 |work=Independent.ie |publisher=Independent News & Media plc |access-date=1 August 2011}} The most recent county final that Ollie featured in was the 2008 final against Adare who once again defeated them, this time by a scoreline of 0-13 to 0-8.{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/limerick/MessagePage.aspx?TopicID=52081 |title=Limerick Club Winners |date=14 July 2010 |work=hoganstand.com |publisher=Lynn Media Group |access-date=31 July 2011}} Despite having won numerous county titles, Ollie and the Ahane club have never been successful in the Munster Club Championship and hence have never progressed to the All-Ireland Club Championship.
=Colleges=
Ollie attended Waterford Regional Technical College (WRTC), now known as Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), between the years of 1994 and 2003. Here, his hurling skills came to the fore. In 1994, his first year playing for WRTC, he won an All-Ireland Freshers Hurling title as well as featuring in the Fitzgibbon Cup team that lost in extra time of the final to UL by 2-11 to 1-11.{{cite news |url=http://www.ul.ie/~hurling/Reports/1993-1994/seniorWaterfordITfitz.html |title=Fitzgibbon Cup 1994 Victory |author=Irish Times |date=14 March 1994 |work=ul.ie |publisher=University of Limerick Hurling Club |access-date=31 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219041615/http://www.ul.ie/~hurling/Reports/1993-1994/seniorWaterfordITfitz.html |archive-date=19 February 2011 }} The following year, WRTC were back in the Fitzgibbon Cup final, this time against UCD whom they beat by 3-15 to 1-4.{{cite news|url=http://wit.gaa.ie/wit-gaa-tours#TOC-1995-No-Stopping-Waterford-on-the-W |title=1995-No Stopping Waterford on the Way to the Fitzgibbon Cup |author=Waterford News and Star |year=1995 |work=wit.gaa.ie |publisher=Waterford Institute of Technology GAA Club |access-date=31 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328094931/http://wit.gaa.ie/wit-gaa-tours |archive-date=28 March 2012 }} Ollie featured as a substitute on this team. Ollie didn't play in another Fitzgibbon Cup final until 2003, when WIT beat Cork IT by 0-13 to 0-7, earning him his second medal. This time he gave brilliant performance at midfield and managed to score a point early on in the game.{{cite news |url=http://www.waterford-news.ie/news/snojsnoj/ |title=Fitzgibbon Cup joy for powerful W.I.T. |first=Phil |last=Fanning |date=7 March 2003 |work=waterford-news.ie |publisher=Waterford News & Star Ltd |access-date=31 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929184100/http://www.waterford-news.ie/news/snojsnoj/ |archive-date=29 September 2011 }}
=Inter-county=
In the early 1990s, Ollie joined the Limerick minor hurling panel. He later graduated on to the county's under-21 team, however, he had little success at either level. Ollie joined the extended Limerick panel as a 22-year-old in 1996 and he made his senior debut in a league game against Kilkenny in 1997. That year, Limerick went on to win the league and Ollie captured his first senior inter-county medal after beating Galway in the final by 1-12 to 1-9. The closest that Ollie came to winning another league title was in 2006 when they lost to Kilkenny in the final by 3-11 to 0-14. That same year, Limerick did however win the first ever Waterford Crystal Cup title when they beat Ollie's former college, WIT in the final by 1-19 to 3-10. Ollie displayed an impressive performance at right half-back in the Gaelic Grounds that day and also contributed a point to Limerick's tally.{{cite news |url=http://www.waterford-news.ie/news/cwauidkfau/ |title=GAA: Slow start proves costly for W.I.T. |first=Phil |last=Fanning |date=10 February 2006 |work=waterford-news.ie |publisher=Waterford News & Star Ltd |access-date=1 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929184106/http://www.waterford-news.ie/news/cwauidkfau/ |archive-date=29 September 2011 }} Ollie never experienced any success with Limerick in the Provincial or All-Ireland Championship. He reached 2 Munster finals with them in 2001 and 2007. He also reached the All-Ireland final with them in 2007 which they lost to Kilkenny by 2-19 to 1-15. However, Ollie displayed a great individual performance that day and scored a personal tally of 1-3 having started at centre-forward. He was rewarded with an All-Star award for his efforts that year. As an individual, he was also picked for the Munster All-Star Team in 2004 and as captain of the Limerick Senior Team in 2005. In October 2009, Ollie announced his retirement from inter-county hurling after 13 years.{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2009/1006/morano.html |title=Moran calls time on Limerick |date=6 October 2009 |work=rte.ie |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |access-date=6 October 2009}}
=Inter-provincial=
Ollie lined out for the Munster hurling team in 8 different seasons between the years of 1997 and 2007. During that time he won 5 Railway Cup medals in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2007. He also featured in an additional 3 Railway Cup finals in 1999, 2002 and 2004 in which Munster were defeated.{{cite web |url=http://munster.gaa.ie/history/railway-cup-hurling/ |title=Railway Cup Hurling |author=Jim Cronin, Ed Donnelly |work=munster.gaa.ie |publisher=Munster Council GAA |access-date=1 August 2011}} The last time he played for Munster was in October 2007 when they beat Connacht in the final by 2-22 to 1-19.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/1027/interpro.html |title=Munster 2-22 Connacht 2-19 |date=27 October 2007 |work=rte.ie |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |access-date=1 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506073543/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/1027/interpro.html |archive-date= 6 May 2008 }}
=Composite rules=
In October 2000, Ollie was part of the Ireland team that beat Scotland in a shinty/hurling international by 57 to 32. This was the first time Ireland had tasted victory over Scotland in 21 years, having previously endured 5 consecutive defeats.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gantley-shunts-shinty-stars-365327.html |title=Gantley shunts Shinty stars |first=Shane |last=Scanlon |date=16 October 2000 |work=Independent.ie |publisher=Independent News & Media plc |access-date=1 August 2011}}
Coaching career
In 2014 Moran was appointed coach to Tipperary club side Borris-Ileigh.{{cite news |url=http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=207386|title=Coaching role for Moran|date=12 January 2014|publisher=Hogan Stand website|access-date=12 January 2014}} In 2019 he managed the Offaly Senior hurling team.
In 2022, Moran became involved with the Blackrock Senior hurling team in County Limerick.
Honours
=Ahane=
=Waterford Institute of Technology=
:Winner (2): 1995 (sub), 2003
:Runner-up (1): 1994
- All-Ireland Freshers Hurling
:Winner (1): 1994
=Limerick=
=Munster=
=Ireland=
:Winner (1): 2000
=Individual=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://ahane.mygaaclub.com/home/ The official Ahane GAA website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120126032711/http://wit.gaa.ie/home The official WIT GAA website]
- [http://www.limerickgaa.ie/ The official Limerick GAA website]
- [http://munster.gaa.ie/ The official Munster GAA website]
- [http://www.gaa.ie/ The official GAA website]
- [http://www.olliemoranfs.com/ Ollie Moran Financial Services Ltd]
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{{Succession box
| before = T. J. Ryan
| title = Limerick Senior Hurling Captain
| years = 2005
| after = T. J. Ryan
}}
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Teams
{{Limerick Hurling Team 1997}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2006}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2007}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2008}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2009}}
{{2007 Hurling All Stars}}
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Category:Limerick inter-county hurlers
Category:Munster inter-provincial hurlers
Category:People educated at Ardscoil Rís, Limerick