Billy Fitzpatrick (born 6 April 1954 in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland) is an Irish former sportsperson.
[1] He played hurling with his local club the Fenians and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1974 until 1986.
He was educated locally and later attended St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny city, a secondary school and noted nursery for young hurling talent.
Fitzpatrick also won a Leinster club hurling title in 1974, but lost to St. Finbarr's of Cork in the All-Ireland final.
By the early 1970s Fitzpatrick had come to the attention of the Kilkenny inter-county selectors and he quickly joined the minor team.
For the next two years Wexford ousted Kilkenny as provincial champions, however, Fitzpatrick won his first National Hurling League title in 1976.