At the fortnightly Cork City Council meeting at City Hall on Tuesday night, Lord Mayor of Cork Michael O’Connell proposed that the three-time All-Ireland senior hurling medal-winner be given the accolade.
Cllr O’Connell said that he was proposing Ó hAilpín for his services to Cork both as a hurler and footballer and also for his services to his club Na Piarsiagh, with whom he won a county senior hurling title in 2004.
May 27 has been pencilled in as the date for the ceremony to take place for the three-time All-Star winner, who was dropped from the Rebels’ panel by manager Denis Walsh last October.
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"For a guy who was born in Fiji, spent his formative years in Sydney and didn't touch a hurley 'til he was 11 to go on to win 3 All-Irelands. Well; 'unique' just doesn't sum up the story"
After that date, Ó hAilpín will become an Honorary Burgess of the city, joining other prominent Leeside sportspeople like Sonia O’Sullivan and fellow hurlers Con Murphy, a former president of the GAA, and Taoiseach Jack Lynch.
"For a guy who was born in Fiji, spent his formative years in Sydney and didn't touch a hurley 'til he was 11 to go on to win 3 All-Irelands. Well; 'unique' just doesn't sum up the story," Cork's 2005 All-Ireland winning hurling manager: John Allen.
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