Mark O'Sullivan

Irish Gaelic footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIrish Gaelic footballer
PlacesIreland
isFootball player Athlete Gaelic football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth1973, Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland
Age52 years
Sports Teams
Cork Senior Football Team
The details

Biography

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. 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.

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
  • All-Ireland Vocational Schools Inter-county Championship (1): 1991
Newmarket
  • Cork Junior Football Championship (1): 1998
  • Duhallow Junior A Football Championship (2): 1993, 1998
University College Cork
  • Sigerson Cup (2): 1994, 1995
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
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