Sean og ohailpin autobiography of a yogi

SEÁN Óg Ó hAilpín may be known to all GAA fans as the player who won five Munster hurling titles, three All Irelands, three All Stars and a Munster football title, but few know the ‘real’ Seán Óg – the main reason for writing his autobiography.

Few know that as an 11-year-old he moved from the Western suburbs of Sydney, Australia to Cork.

Fewer know about an injury to his knee, suffered in a car crash, might have ended his career, but even fewer know his real name, John Halfpenny.

“It’s pronounced Hape-enny, the ‘f’ is silent” Seán Óg admits. “When I was seven, my dad decided to change my name.

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On 18 October O hAilpín announced that he had met with senior hurling manager Denis Walsh over the previous weekend and that he had informed him that he.

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Depending on the extent of the injuries picked up by Shane O'Neill and Ronan Curran, along with Sean Óg O'hAilpin, Cork may well have to make changes in defence.

Seeing as he was John too, he decided on the Seán Óg part. Then the closest translation for Halfpenny was Ó hAilpín, so it became what I am today.”

Changing name at seven, followed by a move to Cork at 11, Seán Óg did not have anything easy from a young age.

“Growing up in Sydney was like being in heaven.

I walked around in flip flops and T-shirts all the time. Up the road we ha