Mark O'Sullivan (born 1973) is an

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retired

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er who played as a full-forward for the

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senior team. Born in Newmarket,

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, 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. Two Sigerson Cup titles followed with UCC in 1994 and 1995. He made his senior debut for Cork in the 1994 championship, and went on to play for the team for the next seven years, winning three

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medals and one

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medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion in the 1999 final. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team at various times, O'Sullivan won one

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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 The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of ...

(1): 1998 *

Duhallow Junior A Football Championship The Duhallow Junior A Football Championship is the top footballing competition in the Duhallow division in Cork. It was first run after the formation of the Duhallow division in 1933. The Championship includes a group stage, therefore every te ...

(2): 1993, 1998 ;University College Cork *

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...

(2): 1994, 1995 ;Cork *

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under ...

(1): 1991 *

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ...

(1): 1994 *

Munster Senior Football Championship The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It i ...

(3): 1994, 1995, 1999 *

(1): 1999 ;Munster *

(1): 1999

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osullivan, Mark 1974 births Living people Newmarket Gaelic footballers Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers