Paudie O'Sullivan

Paudie O'Sullivan
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Súilleabháin
Sport Hurling
Position Full Forward
Born (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988
Cork, Ireland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Occupation Electrician
Club(s)
Years Club
2004- Cloyne
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2007- Cork 21 (6-28)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16 July 2014.

Paudie O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays as a Full Forward for the Cork senior team.[1]

Born in Cloyne, County Cork, O'Sullivan first excelled at hurling during his schooling at Midleton CBS Secondary School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 2007 National Hurling League. O'Sullivan has since become a regular member of the starting fifteen, and has won one Munster medal.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team O'Sullivan has won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he has won several championship medals with Cloyne.

O'Sullivan's brother, Diarmuid, is a three-time All-Ireland medalist with Cork, while his father, Jerry, has filled a number of important administrative roles with the Cork County Board and the Munster Council.[2]

Playing career

College

During his secondary schooling at Midleton CBS, O'Sullivan was a key member of the senior hurling team. He won a Dr. Harty Cup medal in 2006 following a narrow 2-8 to 0-12 defeat of St. Flannan's College.[3]

Club

O'Sullivan plays his club hurling and Gaelic football with Cloyne and has enjoyed some success.

In 2004 he was just fifteen years-old when he made his debut with the club's senior team. The following three years proved difficult for Cloyne as the club became the first team in over sixty years to lose three successive senior championship deciders.[4][5][6] In spite of these defeats O'Sullivan was regularly one of the top scorers in the championship.

After capturing three successive divisional junior football championship medals between 2008 and 2010, O'Sullivan's side reached the county decider at the third attepmt. A narrow 0-10 to 0-9 defeat of White's Cross gave him a championship medal.

Inter-county

O'Sullivan arrived on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor team in 2005. He won his first Munster medal that year following a 2-18 to 1-12 defeat of Limerick.[7]

Cork retained their provincial crown in 2006, with O'Sullivan collecting a second Munster medal following a 2-20 to 1-15 defeat of Tipperary.[8]

A subsequent stint with the Cork under-21 team yielded little success.

O'Sullivan made his senior debut for Cork in a 1-21 to 1-14 National Hurling League defeat of Offaly on 18 February 2007.[9] He subsequently ruptured a cruciate ligament and was ruled out of Cork's championship panel.[10]

On 8 June 2008 O'Sullivan was given his first championship start, when he was named at right corner-forward in a 1-19 to 1-13 Munster semi-final defeat by Tipperary. [11]

Two months before Cork's opening championship game in 2013, O'Sullivan suffered a serious leg break in a club match which ruled him out for the rest of the season.[12] After a fourteen-month lay-off O'Sullivan returned to inter-county action. He was introduced as a second half substitute and scored a point inside ten seconds in Cork's 0-28 to 0-14 Munster quarter-final replay defeat of Waterford. O'Sullivan later made a similar cameo appearance during the provincial decider. A personal tally of 1-1, together with a goal from Séamus Harnedy, gave Cork a 2-24 to 0-24 victory over Limerick. It was O'Sullivan's first Munster medal.[13][14][15]

Inter-provincial

O'Sullivan also had the honour of being picked for Munster in the inter-provincial series of games. He won an Interprovincial Championship medal in 2013 as Munster defeated Connacht by 1-22 to 0-15.[16]

Honours

Team

Midleton CBS
Cloyne
Cork
Munster

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile:Paudie O'Sullivan". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Crowe, Dermot (31 October 2004). "Brothers born to hurl". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Flannan's shocked as Midleton take Harty Cup". Irish Independent. 13 March 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Piarsaigh storm to Cork title". Irish Examiner. 1 November 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "No stopping Newtown's charge". Irish Examiner. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Paradise regained for Erin's Own". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Brendan (27 June 2005). "Captain Cronin on fire as Cork trounce Limerick". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Brendan (26 June 2006). "Rebel goals rattle Tipp". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Winning start for McCarthy". Irish Examiner. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Moynihan, Michael (12 May 2007). "O'Sullivan cruciate blow for Cork hurlers". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Canty and O'Sullivan to debut for Rebels". Breaking News website. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Cahill, Jackie (24 April 2013). "Rebels reeling as injury set to end O'Sullivan's season". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  13. ↑ Clerkin, Malachy (15 July 2014). "Paudie O’Sullivan finds Munster glory at end of lonely road back from injury". Irish Times. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  14. ↑ Cormican, Eoghan (15 July 2014). "Rebel redemption tastes so sweet for O’Sullivan". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  15. ↑ Hogan, Vincent (15 July 2014). "O'Sullivan hopes dark days behind him after 'dream' Rebels cameo". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "Munster too strong for Connacht". Irish Examiner. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
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