icposition birth_date code nhl club feet name birth_place inches county clallireland sport allstars clprovince clposition icprovince counties icyears icallireland province article_title clcounty irish
full-back 27 july 1976 hurling 0 birr 5 simon whelehan birr , county offaly , ireland 7 offaly 3 hurling 0 5 full-back 0 offaly 1998-2004 1 leinster simon whelehan
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simon whelehan

simon whelehan -lrb- born 27 july 1976 -rrb- is an irish hurler who played as a full-back for the offaly senior hurling team .
whelehan made his first appearance for the team during the 1998 championship and subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 2004 championship .
during that time he won one all-ireland medal .
whelehan was an all-ireland runner-up on one occasion .
at club level whelehan is a three-time all-ireland medalist with birr .
in addition to this he has also won five leinster medals and ten county club championship medals .
whelehan 's father , pad joe , and his brothers , brian and barry , also played hurling with offaly .
