Micheál "Haulie" O'Sullivan (born 11 March 1977) is an Irish

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and former player. He played for club side Carbery Rangers, at divisional level with Carbery and at inter-county level with the

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Club career

O'Sullivan began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with the Carbery Rangers club, while also lining out as a schoolboy with Mount St Michael Secondary School in

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. He won a South West U21FC title in 1995, by which stage he had already progressed to the club's junior team. O'Sullivan won his first South West JAFC title in 1998. It was around this time that O'Sullivan also lined out as a student with

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. After being part of the first team from the university to reach a

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final in 1997, but ultimately losing out to Tralee RTC, he was later part of the UL team that was denied a Limerick SFC title after an objection by Galbally. O'Sullivan claimed a Limerick SFC medal in 1998 following UL's defeat of Fr Casey's in the final. After returning to Carbery Rangers, O'Sullivan won a second South West JAFC before later being part of the team that beat

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to win the Cork JAFC title in 2003. He later claimed a Munster Club JFC medal, however, Carbery Rangers lost the 2004 All-Ireland junior club final to

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. O'Sullivan added a Munster Club IFC medal to his collection in 2004 before later securing

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honours after beating Pomeroy Plunketts in the 2005 All-Ireland intermediate club final. He was

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later that year when Carbery Rangers won the Cork IFC title after a defeat of

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in the 2005 final. O'Sullivan later added a second successive Munster Club IFC medal to his collection when Carbery Rangers became the first club to retain the title. O'Sullivan's club successes resulted in a call-up to the Carbery divisional team. He was captain of the team when Carbery beat

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by 1-11 to 0-07 to win the Cork SFC medal in the 2004 final. His tenure with the divisional team ended shortly after this following Carbery Rangers's promotion to the senior ranks. O'Sullivan brought his senior club career to an end in 2012, however, he continued to line out on occasions in the junior ranks. His final club success was a South West JDFC title in 2019.

Inter-county career

O'Sullivan never played at minor level for

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, however, his performances for University of Limerick earned a call-up to the under-21 team in 1997. His two-year tenure in this grade ended with silverware, while his one-year association with the junior team in 1998 also ended without success. O'Sullivan was one of a number of players promoted from the junior to the senior team and he made his debut during the 1998–99 National League. He claimed his first silverware with Cork after a defeat of

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in the league final. O'Sullivan made his Munster SFC debut against

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two weeks later and was at midfield when Cork beat Kerry in the 1999 Munster final. O'Sullivan was again at midfield when Cork suffered a 1-11 to 1-08 defeat by

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in the 1999 All-Ireland final. He ended the season with an

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nomination. As a mainstay of the team over the following few years, O'Sullivan collected a second Munster SFC winners' medal after a defeat of Tipperary in the 2002 Munster final replay. His last game for Cork was a defeat by

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in 2004.

Management career

His career as a secondary school teacher has seen O'Sullivan coach at all levels with Clonakilty Community College. He was part of the coaching team when the college won five consecutive Munster Vocational Schools SAFC titles as well as

honours in 2010. He was

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of the Carbery Rangers senior team in his final season as a player in 2012, before guiding the team to the 2014 final and a defeat by

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. After stepping away as Carbery Rangers manager in 2015, he became involved with the Dohenys club, however, he returned for a second spell in charge of Carbery Rangers between 2018 and 2020. O'Sullivan was coach of the Carbery divisional team that won the inaugural Tadhg Crowley Cup in 2022. O'Sullivan was appointed manager of the Cork under-15 development team in January 2022. He progressed with this team as under-16 manager before being appointed Cork minor football team manager in November 2023.

Career statistics

Club

Division

Inter-county

Honours

Player

;University of Limerick *

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: 1998 ;Carbery Rangers *

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Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship The Munster Football Intermediate Club Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2003 for the top intermediate clubs in the province of Munster in Ireland. It i ...

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Cork Intermediate Football Championship The Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the ...

Munster Junior Club Football Championship The Munster Junior Club Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Football Junior Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association an ...

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Cork Junior Football Championship The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork GAA, Cork County Board ...

South West Junior A Football Championship The Carbery Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bandon Co-op Carbery Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Carbery JAFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the West Cork B ...

: 1998, 2003 *South West Junior D Football Championship: 2019 *South West Under-21 Football Championship: 1995 ;Carbery *

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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 GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio ...

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: 1998–99

Management

;Clonakilty Community College * All-Ireland Vocational Schools Senior A Football Championship: 2010 *Munster Vocational Schools Senior A Football Championship: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 ;Carbery * Tadhg Crowley Cup:

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References

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