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Aisake Ó hAilpín

Aisake Ó hAilpín
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born (1985-08-24) 24 August 1985 (age 31)
Bankstown, Sydney
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
2004–present Na Piarsaigh
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2009–2010 Cork 9 (4–4)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

Aisake Faga Ó hAilpín (born 24 August 1985) is a Fijian-Irish sportsperson. He grew up in Cork and played hurling and Gaelic football with Na Piarsaigh. Ó hAilpín played Australian rules football with the Carlton Football Club between 2005 and 2008. Following this, he spent two seasons playing hurling at inter-county level with the Cork senior panel before signing a contract with Australian rules club, Maribyrnong Park Football Club.

Ó hAilpín played club hurling and Gaelic football with the Na Piarsaigh club on the north side of Cork city. He enjoyed little success in the minor or under-21 grades.

By 2004 Ó hAilpín had joined the Na Piarsaigh senior hurling team. That year the club qualified for the final of the county senior championship for the first time in almost a decade. East Cork stalwarts Cloyne provided the opposition on that occasion. The first half was a close affair which saw Cloyne take a one-point lead at the interval. Na Piarsaigh, however, produced an exceptional second-half display and secured a 0–17 to 0–10 victory, with Ó hAilpín finishing as the game's top scorer with five points. It was his first, and to date his only, county championship winners' medal.

Following Na Piarsaigh's county championship triumph in late 2004, Ó hAilpín decided to travel to Australia where he took up Australian rules football. He joined the Carlton Football Club in Melbourne where he played alongside his brother Setanta.

Ó hAilpín was placed on the Carlton Football Club's rookie list for the 2005 AFL season, however, his development was slow. He spent 2005 in the reserves at Carlton's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Bullants, and was in and out of the Bullants' senior team in 2006.


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