Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tomás Ó Súilleabháin[1] | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left corner-back | ||
| Born |
1 November 1996 Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Dingle | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2016–present | Kerry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 7 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Thomas O'Sullivan (born 1 November 1996) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he plays with Dingle, and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.
Career
[edit]O'Sullivan first played Gaelic football to a high standard as a schoolboy at Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne. He was part of the school team that won back-to-back Hogan Cup titles in 2014 and 2015, while he was also part of four Corn Uí Mhuirí-winning teams.[2][3] At club level, O'Sullivan plays with Dingle. After a Kerry MFC success in 2014, he has since gone on to win numerous West Kerry SFC titles, as well as a Kerry Club FC title in 2015.[4][5]
O'Sullivan first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kerry as a member of the minor team that beat Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland minor final.[6] A two-year association with the under-21 team yielded a Munster U21FC medal in 2017.[7]
Following his first season with the under-21 team, O'Sullivan was drafted onto the senior team in 2016. He won the first of seven Munster SFC medals in eight seasons that year.[8] O'Sullivan was at left corner-back when Kerry were beaten by Dublin in the 2019 All-Ireland final replay, but ended the season with his first All Star.[9] He won three consecutive National League medals from 2020 to 2022, having earlier won his first title in 2017. A second All Star followed in 2021, before O'Sullivan won an All-Ireland SFC medal after a defeat of Galway in the 2022 final.[10]
Honours
[edit]- Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne
- Hogan Cup: 2014, 2015
- Corn Uí Mhuirí: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Dingle
- Kerry Club Football Championship: 2015
- West Kerry Senior Football Championship: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Kerry Minor Football Championship: 2014
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 2022
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
- National Football League: 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 2017
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 2014
- Munster Minor Football Championship: 2013, 2014
References
[edit]- ^ "Class shining through in Kerry's rearguard revolution". The Irish News. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Cormican, Eoghan (14 April 2014). "Dingle reach Promised Land". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Cormican, Eoghan (13 April 2015). "Corca Duibhne's double delight". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Kerry club SFC final: Dingle deny Crokes". Hogan Stand. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ Murphy, Murt (27 November 2022). "Dingle complete five in a row as Tom O'Sullivan rules West Kerry". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Forward class helps Kerry to first minor title in 20 years". Irish Independent. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Kerry end Munster U21 football title wait in style with emphatic 16-point win over Cork". The 42. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "No fairytale for Tipperary as Kerry take Munster football crown". Irish Examiner. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Fogarty, John (14 September 2019). "Glory for Dublin as they claim elusive five-in-a-row". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Crowe, Dermot (24 July 2022). "Sam Maguire on way back to Kingdom as Kerry squeeze Galway out in final quarter to win All-Ireland SFC". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
External link
[edit]- Tom O'Sullivan profile at the Terrace Talk website