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Teu Ó hAilpín is an Irish sportsperson (
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er) playing for Na Piarsaigh GAA and
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club Leeside Lions. Born in
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, he was a Gaelic Athletic Association player who played for the Éire Óg club in Ennis and Na Piarsaigh in Cork. He is the brother of
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senior hurling players Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Aisake and older brother of
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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 London Senior Hurling Championship with
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side Robert Emmett's in 2004.


Leeside Lions career

Ó hAilpín decided to quit Gaelic football and joined
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
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 Tadhg Kennelly's cousin, Denis Kennelly.


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{{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