Billy Dwyer, born Philip O'Dwyer and living from 1934 to 27 September 2020, was an Irish hurler from Kilkenny whose career included two All-Ireland Championship victories with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He first played hurling at St. Patrick's De La Salle, joined the Kilkenny senior team at twenty-two and made his senior debut in the 1956 Walsh Cup. He went on to a successful career, winning two All-Ireland medals, three Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal, with one All-Ireland runner-up finish, and was a one-time Railway Cup medallist with Leinster. At club level he is a two-time championship medallist with Faughs. He retired from inter-county hurling after the 1963 championship.
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