Cork's Sean Og O hAilpin NAME: Sean Og O hAilpin DATE OF BIRTH: 22-5-1977 HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 13st 7lbs CLUB: Na Piarsaigh COUNTY: Cork NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS: 1 All-Ireland Minor hurling medal; 2 Munster Minor medals; 1 Cork Senior county medal; 3 Cork Minor county medals; 1 Croke Cup and Harty Cup medal with North Mon. INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: 1994 versus Clare in Minor Championship hurling TOUGHEST OPPONENT: All are tough, especially fast forwards FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Semple Stadium, Thurles HOBBIES: Walking and looking back over old Hogan Stands and other GAA magazines FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre half back FAVOURITE PLAYER AT PRESENT: Ger McInerney (Galway), Michael Coleman (Galway), Johnny McDermott (Meath), Tony O'Sullivan (Cork and Na Piarsaigh INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My parents THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning an All-Ireland Minor hurling medal with Cork in 1995 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the Munster Minor football final against Tipperary in 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Joe Deane (Cork), Kevin Broderick (Galway) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Hurling is fine as it is but in gaelic football, I would like to see more catch and kick and also the good old shoulder DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Not enough coverage of our games on the television in comparison to soccer DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Yes, my brothers Teu, Setanta and Aisake PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Moses Kiptanui, the Kenyan runner, for his sheer commitment, determination and dedication to his sport. Maybe I could be like him someday! FAVOURITE MUSIC: Irish traditional music IDEAL DATE: All long legged women!! Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 1st March 1996 Vol 6 No 9 Tweet

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