Teu Ó hAilpín is an Irish sportsperson (

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er) playing for

Na Piarsaigh GAA Na Piarsaigh Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Fair Hill, Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Seandún Board and fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. History Located in the Fair Hill are ...

and

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club Leeside Lions. Born in

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, he was a

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player who played for the Éire Óg club in Ennis and Na Piarsaigh in Cork. He is the brother of

senior hurling players

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Seán Óg Ó hAilpín (; born 22 May 1977) is a Fijian- Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. In an inter-county playing career that spanned three decades, Ó hAilpín played for the Cork senior hurling and football teams, winning major honour ...

and Aisake and older brother of Carlton Australian footballer Setanta. He left Cork City team Na Piarsaigh in 2001 and signed for Clare side Éire Óg. Teu declared for

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in 2001, despite having played for minor and Under-21 level for Cork, he later moved to London after a short term in intercounty senior football. Ó hAilpín won the

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with

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side Robert Emmett's in 2004.

Leeside Lions career

Ó hAilpín decided to quit Gaelic football and joined

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club Leeside Lions in the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland (ARFLI). He immediately became a star and helped them to win the 2007 Premiership with

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's cousin, Denis Kennelly.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:OHailpin, Teu Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian Gaelic footballers Australian hurlers Clare inter-county hurlers Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers Dual players DCU Gaelic footballers DCU hurlers Éire Óg Ennis Gaelic footballers Éire Óg, Inis hurlers Irish expatriate sportspeople in England Irish players of Australian rules football Irish people of Rotuman descent Na Piarsaigh Gaelic footballers Na Piarsaigh hurlers Teu Robert Emmett's (London) hurlers Sportspeople from Cork (city) 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people