Ollie Canning
Before Joe there was Ollie. Oliver Canning, born in Ballinasloe on 9 July 1976, was on the Galway minor panel at fourteen and the senior team by the 1996 championship, and for fifteen years he held the left corner of the county's defence, captaining Galway and winning four All-Stars. With Portumna he won four All-Ireland club titles beside his younger brother.
Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.
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Portumna Castle on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.
Career
Canning won three Connacht medals and four National Hurling League titles with Galway and lost two All-Ireland finals; for Connacht he won Railway Cups in 1999 and 2004. At the Dublin Institute of Technology he studied mechanical engineering and won a Fitzgibbon Cup. Portumna's All-Irelands of 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2014 and county titles from 2005 to 2013 were his too. He now works as an analyst for Sky Sports. The Joe Canning guide has his brother's career, and the model on this page pins Portumna's castle and pitch.
Questions people ask
How many All-Stars did Ollie Canning win?
Are Ollie and Joe Canning brothers?
Written from Wikipedia, "Ollie Canning" (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-09-19, and from the OpenStreetMap places on the model. Nothing has been added from memory; follow the source for its footnotes.