Denis Heaslip
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Donncha Ó hEislip | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right wing-forward | ||
Born |
1934 Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Knocktopher | |||
Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1957-1964 | Kilkenny | 18 (11-12) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NHL | 1 |
Denis Heaslip (born 1934) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, Heaslip first excelled at hurling in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team, making his debut in the 1957 championship. During his career Heaslip won two All-Ireland medals, three Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal.[1][2] He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
Heaslip also represented the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, winning one Railway Cup medal. At club level he played with Knocktopher.
His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat by Tipperary in the 1964 All-Ireland final.
The 1957 Championship featured in The 1958 film Rooney[3] where the main character in the film wore a Kilkenny Jersey in the line up. During the film it depicts a goal that was "scored" by the main character (Rooney) this was in fact Denis Heaslip's goal.
Honours
Team
- Kilkenny
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1957, 1963
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 1957, 1959, 1964
- National Hurling League (1): 1961-62
- Leinster
- Railway Cup (1): 1962
References
- ↑ "Kilkenny GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ Pollock, George (1958-03-14), Rooney, retrieved 2016-02-03