Mark O'Sullivan (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Marc Ó Súilleabháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
1973 Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Newmarket | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1994-2001 | Cork | 16 (3-16) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 11:11, 15 February 2014. | |||
Mark O'Sullivan (born 1973) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a full-forward for the Cork senior team.
Born in Newmarket, County Cork, O'Sullivan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team in 1991, before lining out with the under-21 side in 1994. Both teams were to win All Ireland titles. 2 Sigerson Cup titles followed with UCC in 1994 and 1995. He made his senior debut for Cork in the 1994 championship. O'Sullivan went on to play a key role for the team over the next seven years, winning three Munster medals and one National Football League medal.[1] He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion in 1999.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team at various times, O'Sullivan won one Railway Cup medal in 1999. At club level he is a one-time junior championship medallist with Newmarket in 1998.[2]
Throughout his career O'Sullivan made 16 championship appearances for Cork. He retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2001 championship.
Honours
Player
- Cork Vocational Schools
- Newmarket
- Cork Junior Football Championship (1): 1998
- Duhallow Junior A Football Championship (2): 1993, 1998
- University College Cork
- Sigerson Cup (2): 1994, 1995[3][circular reference]
- Cork
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 1991
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 1994
- Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 1994, 1995, 1999
- National Football League (1): 1999
- Munster
- Railway Cup (1): 1999
References
- ^ "Munster Football Finals". Munster GAA. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ John Joe, Brosnan (11 December 1998). "Glory day for Newmarket". The Corkman. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Sigerson Cup". Wikipedia.