Tony Kilkenny (born 7 June 1959 in

Kiltormer Kiltormer () is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is about 8 miles from Ballinasloe.O'Donovan, John, and O'Flanagan, Michael. Letters Containing Information Relative to the Antiquities of the Counties of Ireland: Galway'. 3 v. Ireland ...

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) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played

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with his local club

and was a member of the

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

senior inter-county team in the 1980s. His brother,

Ollie Ollie is a given name and a nickname, often as a shortened form of Oliver (given name), Oliver, Olive (given name), Olive, Olympia, Olga (name), Olga or Olivia (given name), Olivia. Variants include Olie, Oli, Oly (disambiguation), Oly and Olly (di ...

, also played with Galway.

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