Mark O'Sullivan
Personal information | |||
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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 | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1994-2001 | Cork | 16 (3-16) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
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 excelled at Gaelic football in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later lining out with the under-21 side. He made his senior debut in the 1994 championship. O'Sullivan went on to play a key role for the team over the next seven years, winning two Munster medals and one National Football League medal.[1] He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
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.[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
- Cork
- Munster Senior Football Championship (2): 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.