Denis Heaslip

Denis Heaslip (born 1934) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.

Denis Heaslip
Personal information
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)
Occupation County council employee
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

Born in Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, Heaslip first 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
Leinster
  • Railway Cup (1): 1962

References
  1. "Kilkenny GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. Pollock, George (1958-03-14), Rooney, retrieved 2016-02-03


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