Denis Heaslip, who lived from May 1933 to 25 November 2020, was an Irish hurler from Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He joined the Kilkenny senior team and made his debut in the 1957 championship, and during his career won two All-Ireland medals, three Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal, with two All-Ireland runner-up finishes. He also represented the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, winning one Railway Cup medal, and at club level he played with Knocktopher. He retired following Kilkenny's defeat by Tipperary in the 1964 All-Ireland final. The 1957 championship featured in the 1958 film Rooney, in which a goal scored by the main character was in fact Denis Heaslip's goal.
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