Aisake reaching for the stars

He carries one of the most famous surnames in Irish sport, but Aisake Ó hAilpín is stepping out of the shadow of his brothers. The big Cork full-forward spoke to Michael Moynihan.

THEY were hard to miss, the two giants in The Quiet Man in Melbourne.

Setanta and Aisake Ó hAilpín would arrive into the Irish bar not for Foster’s or a fry-up, but for the sizzle of championship games beamed in from Ireland.