Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle Gaelic footballer)

Tom O'Sullivan
Personal information
Irish name Tomás Ó Súilleabháin[1]
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner-back
Born (1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 28)
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

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

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne
Dingle
Kerry

References

  1. ^ "Class shining through in Kerry's rearguard revolution". The Irish News. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (14 April 2014). "Dingle reach Promised Land". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (13 April 2015). "Corca Duibhne's double delight". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Kerry club SFC final: Dingle deny Crokes". Hogan Stand. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  5. ^ Murphy, Murt (27 November 2022). "Dingle complete five in a row as Tom O'Sullivan rules West Kerry". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Forward class helps Kerry to first minor title in 20 years". Irish Independent. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "No fairytale for Tipperary as Kerry take Munster football crown". Irish Examiner. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. ^ Fogarty, John (14 September 2019). "Glory for Dublin as they claim elusive five-in-a-row". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. ^ 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.