Career
In 1988, Denis played with Callan CBS to win Roinn B All-Ireland Colleges Juvenile Hurling Champion, and went on to win the Roinn B All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship of 1991 where they beat Coll Spiorad Naomh (Cork) 1-14 : 1-0. Denis won an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal with Kilkenny in 1991 when they beat Tipperary 0-15 : 1-10 at Croke Park. Denis won an All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship with Kilkenny in 1994. He was on the Oireachtas team of 1994/95.
Denis played in the All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship final in 1995. He won an National Hurling League medal for Kilkenny in 1995 when Kilkenny beat Clare 2–12:0–9. He was played in the of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final of 1995, where Kilkenny were beaten by Offaly 2-16:2-5. He was played in the of the Leinster Senior Hurling final of 1996 where Kilkenny were beaten by Wexford 1-14:0-14. He played with Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1997 He was on the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship panel of 1998. He played with Graigue-Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final of 1998 where they beat The Fenians 1-14:0-12.
He was captain of Kilkenny for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final of 1999 where they were runner-up to Cork 0-13 – 0-12. He played with Graigue-Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final of 1999 where they lost to Glenmore 1-14 : 2-08. He played on the Kilkenny All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning side of 2000 and was awarded an All-Star during the same year. He played with Graigue-Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final of 2000 where they beat O'Loughlin Gaels 0-16 : 0-09. He captined the Kilkenny team in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 2001 where Kilkenny lost in the semi-final to Galway 2-15 : 1-13. He played with Graigue-Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final of 2001 where they lost to O'Loughlin Gaels 1-17 : 1-06.
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