Paudie O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Premier Championship club

Cloyne Cloyne () is a small town to the southeast of Midleton in eastern County Cork. It is also a see city of the Anglican (Church of Ireland) Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, while also giving its name to a Roman Catholic diocese. St Colman's Cath ...

and Cork Senior Championship division

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. He usually plays as a full-forward. O'Sullivan is a former member of the

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. O'Sullivan's brother,

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, is a three-time

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medalist with Cork, while his father,

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, has filled a number of important administrative roles with the Cork County Board and the Munster Council.

Playing career

Midleton CBS

O'Sullivan played in all grades of hurling with

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before progressing onto the college's senior team. On 12 March 2006, he scored a point from centre-back when Midelton CBS defeated

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from

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by 2-08 to 0-12 to win the Harty Cup.

Cloyne

O'Sullivan plays his club hurling and

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with

. 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. 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 attempt. A narrow 0-10 to 0-9 defeat of White's Cross gave him a

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medal.

Imokilly

O' Sullivan also played with the

division. He won

Cork Senior Hurling Championship The Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Cork County B ...

titles in

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Cork

Minor and under-21

O'Sullivan was sixteen-years-old when he first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 1 April 2005. He scored two goals on his debut in a 4-28 to 0-01

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defeat of

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. O'Sullivan was later switched from the forwards to centre-back and won a Munster Championship medal on 26 June after a 2-18 to 1-12 defeat of

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in the final. On 25 June 2006, O'Sullivan scored a point from left wing-back when Cork defeated

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by 2-20 to 1-15 to win a second successive Munster Championship title. O'Sullivan subsequently progressed onto the Cork under-21 team. He made his first appearance on 20 July 2008 in a 1-20 to 1-11 defeat by

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in the

. His tenure in the under-21 grade ended without silverware following a 2-22 to 0-25 defeat by Tipperary on 3 June 2009.

Senior

O'Sullivan made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team on 18 February 2007 in a 1-21 to 0-14

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defeat of

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. On 11 May, a scan revealed that O'Sullivan had ruptured a cruciate ligament and was ruled out for the rest of the season. O'Sullivan returned to the Cork senior panel during the 2008 National League before making his first

appearance on 8 June 2008 in a 1-19 to 1-13 defeat by Tipperary. 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. 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

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. O'Sullivan later made a similar cameo appearance during the provincial decider. A personal tally of 1-1, together with a goal from

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, gave Cork a 2-24 to 0-24 victory over Limerick. It was O'Sullivan's first

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medal.

Munster

O'Sullivan also had the honour of being picked for

in the inter-provincial series of games. He won an

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medal in 2013 as Munster defeated

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by 1-22 to 0-15.

Career statistics

Club

Division

Inter-county

Inter-provincial

Honours

;Midleton CBS *

Dr Harty Cup The Dr Harty Cup, officially known as the Munster Colleges Senior A Hurling Championship, is an annual inter-schools hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-schools ...

(1): 2006 ;Cloyne *

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): 2010 *

East Cork Junior A Football Championship The East Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Michael O'Connor Motor Factors East Cork Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Imokilly Board of the Gaelic At ...

(3): 2008, 2009, 2010 ;Imokilly *

(3):

;Cork *

Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...

(1):

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Munster Minor Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Hurling Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associ ...

(2): 2005, 2006 ;Munster *

Inter-provincial Championship The Inter-Provincial Championship is a three-day cricket tournament in Ireland, played between regional teams drawn from three of Ireland's five provincial unions. It parallels first-class cricket tournaments in other countries such as the Count ...

(1): 2013

References

External links

Paudie O'Sullivan profile
at the Cork GAA website {{DEFAULTSORT:Osullivan, Paudie 1988 births Living people Cloyne hurlers Cloyne Gaelic footballers Cork inter-county hurlers Dual players Irish electricians Munster inter-provincial hurlers People educated at Midleton CBS Secondary School