Denis Heaslip
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Donncha Ó hEislip | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right wing-forward | ||
Born |
May 1933 Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Died |
25 November 2020 (aged 87) 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) | |
1956–1964 | Kilkenny | 18 (11–12) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 5 | ||
All-Irelands | 2 | ||
NHL | 1 |
Denis Heaslip (May 1933 – 25 November 2020) was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
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.[citation needed]
Heaslip also represented the
His retirement came following Kilkenny's defeat by
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.
Playing career
Kilkenny
Having never played at minor level, Heaslip first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny junior team during the 1956 Leinster Junior Championship. He ended the provincial campaign with a winners' medal after being one of Kilkenny's top scorers in the 6-11 to 1-08 over Laois in the final. Heaslip scored a hat-trick of goals in the home final defeat of Kerry, before claiming an All-Ireland Junior Championship medal after the 5-02 to 2-08 win over London.
Heaslip's performances for the Kilkenny junior team drew the attention of the senior selectors and he was one of a number of players promoted to the Kilkenny senior team prior to the start of the
Heaslip scored 3-01 from play in Kilkenny's semi-final replay defeat of Dublin in the 1958 Leinster Championship. Injury ruled him out of the Leinster final, however, he claimed a second successive winners' medal as a substitute after the 5-12 to 4-09 win over Wexford.
After returning to the starting fifteen for the
After failing to make it four successive provincial titles in-a-row after losing out to Wexford in the
Injury ruled Heaslip out of the
After collecting a fifth provincial title after coming on as a substitute in the 4-11 to 1-08 defeat of Dublin in the
Career statistics
Team | Season | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Kilkenny | 1956-57 | Division 1A | 4 | 2-06 | 2 | 2-01 | 1 | 0-01 | 7 | 4-08 |
1957-58 | 5 | 1-08 | 2 | 3-01 | 1 | 0-01 | 8 | 4-10 | ||
1958-59 | 4 | 3-06 | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 1-01 | 7 | 4-08 | ||
1959-60 | 4 | 1-03 | 2 | 2-00 | — | 6 | 3-03 | |||
1960-61 | 2 | 1-00 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 3 | 1-00 | |||
1961-62 | Division 1B | 5 | 11-08 | 2 | 2-02 | — | 7 | 13-10 | ||
1962-63 | 4 | 2-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 2-03 | ||
1963-64 | Division 1A | 3 | 0-04 | 2 | 1-03 | 1 | 0-00 | 6 | 1-07 | |
Career total | 31 | 21-38 | 12 | 10-08 | 6 | 1-03 | 49 | 32-49 |
Honours
- Kilkenny
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1957, 1963
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964
- 1961-62
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1956
- Leinster Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1956
- Leinster
- Railway Cup (1): 1962
References
- ^ "Kilkenny GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Pollock, George (14 March 1958), Rooney, retrieved 3 February 2016
- ^ "Kilkenny captain who led hurling team to victory in 1957". Irish Times. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Dalton, Eoghan (31 August 2017). "Déise All-Ireland legends reckon Waterford have a chance". Irish Times. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Kilkenny cause major upset". Irish Times. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ McEvoy, Enda (4 September 2014). "Tipp's old dogs teach Cats lesson". Tipp Supporters Club. Retrieved 7 May 2020.