{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer (1947–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player |code= Football |sport = Gaelic football |image = |name = Oliver Kilmurray |irish = Oilibhéar Mac Giolla Mhuire |birth_date = 1947 |birth_place = Daingean,<br>County Offaly, Ireland |death_date = May 2025 (aged 78) |death_place = New York City, United States |feet = |inches = | nickname = Ollie |county = Offaly |province = Leinster |club = Daingean |clcounty = 1 |clprovince= |clallireland = |counties = Offaly |icposition = Midfield |icyears = 1965–1966 |icapps(points) = 2 (1-01) |icprovince = 0 |icallireland = 0 |nfl = 0 |allstars = }}
'''Oliver Kilmurray''' (1948 – May 2025) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level, he played with Daingean and at inter-county level with the Offaly senior football team.
==Career==
Kilmurray played Gaelic football as a student at all levels during his time as a boarder at Belcamp College in Dublin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/Article/Index/38862|title=Pat Griffin|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=31 October 2000|accessdate=27 May 2025}}</ref> He was part of the college's team that won the Leinster Colleges SFC in 1965, before losing the subsequent All-Ireland final to St Columb's College after a replay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Football crown for Belcamp|publisher=Irish Independent|date=15 March 1965|accessdate=27 May 2025}}</ref>
At club level, Kilmurray first played for Daingean in the juvenile and underage grades. He was 15-years-old when he lined out at midfield in a controversial Offaly MFC final.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.daingeangaa.ie/pages/parishdistricthistory.aspx|title=Club history|publisher=Daingean GAA website|date=|access-date=6 December 2022|archive-date=6 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206212355/http://www.daingeangaa.ie/pages/parishdistricthistory.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kilmurray progressed to adult level and won an Offaly SFC medal in 1965 after a two-point win over Gracefield.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Daingean win dull decider|publisher=Irish Press|date=11 October 1965|accessdate=27 May 2025}}</ref>
Kilmurray first appeared on the inter-county scene with Offaly during a three-year tenure with the minor team. He was at midfield when Offaly beat Cork by 0–15 to 0–11 in the 1965 All-Ireland minor final, while he also won consecutive Leinster MFC medals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/offaly/Profile|title=Offaly Profile|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=|accessdate=27 May 2025}}</ref> Kilmurray made his senior team debut in October 1965, however, his inter-county career was cut short as result of his emigration to the United States. His brother, Kevin Kilmurray, won consecutive All-Ireland SFC medals with Offaly.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/double-all-ireland-winning-offaly-legend-kevin-kilmurray-72-passes-away-42194610.html|title=Double All-Ireland winning Offaly legend Kevin Kilmurray (72) passes away|work=Irish Independent|first=Colm|last=Keys|date=4 December 2022|accessdate=6 December 2022}}</ref>
==Death==
Kilmurray's death was announced in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1811142/death-of-a-footballer-who-played-pivotal-role-in-crucial-1964-offaly-success.html|title=Death of a footballer who played pivotal role in crucial 1964 Offaly success|publisher=Offaly Live|date=26 May 2025|access-date=27 May 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Belcamp College *Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship: 1965
;Daingean *Offaly Senior Football Championship: 1965
;Offaly *All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1964 *Leinster Minor Football Championship: 1964, 1965
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kilmurray, Oliver}} Category:1947 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Daingean Gaelic footballers Category:Offaly inter-county Gaelic footballers Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen