He was raised by his parents, Pat and Brigid, on a dairy farm along with his brother and fellow Limerick hurler, Niall.

[1] Ollie was educated at local secondary school, Ardscoil Rís, and later attended Waterford Regional Technical College where he graduated with a First Class Honours Degree (BA) in Financial Services.

He is the owner and principal director of company, Ollie Moran Financial Services Limited, which have been based in Limerick since September 2008.

He enjoyed much success at under-age level and was later part of 3 different senior teams that won the Limerick County Championship.

Ollie played at centre-back and picked up the man of the match award for a great performance which saw him score 3 points in total.

Ollie's brother, Niall, was the hero on this occasion after he scored a 58-yard free deep into injury time to put their team ahead by a single point and win by 1-11 to 0-13.

In 1994, his first year playing for WRTC, he won an All-Ireland Freshers Hurling title as well as featuring in the Fitzgibbon Cup team that lost in extra time of the final to UL by 2-11 to 1-11.

Ollie joined the extended Limerick panel as a 22-year-old in 1996 and he made his senior debut in a league game against Kilkenny in 1997.

[7] That year, Limerick went on to win the league and Ollie captured his first senior inter-county medal after beating Galway in the final by 1-12 to 1-9.

That same year, Limerick did however win the first ever Waterford Crystal Cup title when they beat Ollie's former college, WIT in the final by 1-19 to 3-10.

Ollie displayed an impressive performance at right half-back in the Gaelic Grounds that day and also contributed a point to Limerick's tally.

However, Ollie displayed a great individual performance that day and scored a personal tally of 1-3 having started at centre-forward.