Denis Heaslip

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)
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

Denis Heaslip navigation boxes

Kilkenny - 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (14th title)

1 O. Walsh 2 T. Walsh 3 J. Walsh 4 J. Maher 5 P. Buggy 6 M. Walsh 7 J. McGovern 8 M. Brophy 9 J. Sutton 10 D. Heaslip 11 M. Kenny 12 M. Kelly (c) 13 D. Rockett 14 B. Dwyer 15 S. Clohessy Sub used 19 B. Walsh for J. Sutton Subs not used 16 N. Fenlon 17 J. Murphy 18 P. J. Garvan 20 L. Cleere 21 J. Hogan Trainer T. Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p85. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2009. Accessed 22 March 2011.

Kilkenny - 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 O. Walsh 2 T. Walsh 3 J. Walsh 4 J. Maher 5 P. Buggy 6 T. Kelly 7 J. McGovern 8 P. Kelly 9 M. Walsh 10 D. Heaslip 11 M. Fleming 12 S. Clohessy (c) 13 D. Carroll 14 B. Dwyer 15 T. O'Connell Subs used E. Keher for J. McGovern M. Kelly for M. Fleming Played in drawn game M. Brophy Subs used in drawn game T. Kelly for J. McGovern J. Sutton for M. Fleming M. Fleming for J. Sutton M. Kelly for M. Brophy Subs not used J. Hennessy L. Cleere M. Treacy Coach T. Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p85. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1963 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (15th title)

1 O. Walsh 2 P. Larkin 3 C. Whelan 4 M. Treacy 5 S. Cleere (c) 6 T. Carroll 7 M. Coogan 8 P. Moran 9 S. Clohessy 10 D. Heaslip 11 J. McGovern 12 E. Keher 13 T. Walsh 14 B. Dwyer 15 T. Murphy Sub used 16 O. Gough for J. McGovern Subs not used 17 T. Kelly 18 P. Dillon 19 S. Buckley 20 W. Murphy Trainer T. Maher

Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p85. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Kilkenny - 1964 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

1 O. Walsh 2 C. Whelan 3 P. Dillon 4 P. Larkin 5 P. Henderson 6 T. Carroll 7 M. Coogan 8 P. Moran 9 S. Buckley (c) 10 S. Cleere 11 J. Teehan 12 E. Keher 13 T. Walsh 14 T. Forrestal 15 T. Murphy Subs used 20 W. Murphy for M. Coogan 21 D. Heaslip for T. Murphy Subs not used 16 R. McEntee 17 J. Treacy 18 J. Lynch 19 J. McGovern Trainer T. Maher

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p85. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

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