Micheál "Haulie" O'Sullivan (born 11 March 1977) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played for club side Carbery Rangers, at divisional level with Carbery and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Micheál Ó Súilleabháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
11 March 1977 Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Nickname | Haulie | ||
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
1994-2019 1996-2005 |
Carbery Rangers → Carbery |
28 (0-09) 25 (0-06) | |
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
1995-1999 | University of Limerick | ||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1998-2004 | Cork | 16 (0-04) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:36, 25 November 2013. | |||
Club career
editO'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 Rosscarbery. 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 University of Limerick. After being part of the first team from the university to reach a Sigerson Cup 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.[1]
After returning to Carbery Rangers, O'Sullivan won a second South West JAFC before later being part of the team that beat Cill na Martra to win the Cork JAFC title in 2003.[2] He later claimed a Munster Club JFC medal, however, Carbery Rangers lost the 2004 All-Ireland junior club final to Wolfe Tones.[3][4] O'Sullivan added a Munster Club IFC medal to his collection in 2004 before later securing All-Ireland honours after beating Pomeroy Plunketts in the 2005 All-Ireland intermediate club final.[5] He was team captain later that year when Carbery Rangers won the Cork IFC title after a defeat of Glanmire in the 2005 final.[6] 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.[7]
O'Sullivan's club successes resulted in a call-up to the Carbery divisional team. He was captain of the team when Carbery beat Bishopstown by 1-11 to 0-07 to win the Cork SFC medal in the 2004 final.[8] 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
editO'Sullivan never played at minor level for Cork, however, his performances for University of Limerick earned a call-up to the under-21 team in 1997.[9] 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.[10]
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 Dublin in the league final.[11] O'Sullivan made his Munster SFC debut against Waterford two weeks later and was at midfield when Cork beat Kerry in the 1999 Munster final.[12] O'Sullivan was again at midfield when Cork suffered a 1-11 to 1-08 defeat by Meath in the 1999 All-Ireland final.[13] He ended the season with an All-Star 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.[14] His last game for Cork was a defeat by Fermanagh in 2004.[15]
Management career
editHis 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 All-Ireland honours in 2010.[16] He was player-manager 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 Ballincollig.[17] 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.[18][19] O'Sullivan was coach of the Carbery divisional team that won the inaugural Tadhg Crowley Cup in 2022.[20]
O'Sullivan was appointed manager of the Cork under-15 development team in January 2022.[21] He progressed with this team as under-16 manager before being appointed Cork minor football team manager in November 2023.[22]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Team | Year | Cork SFC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Carbery Rangers | 2006 | 2 | 0-01 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0-01 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0-01 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0-04 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0-02 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0-00 | |
| Career total | 28 | 0-09 | |
Division
edit| Team | Year | Cork SFC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Carbery | 1996 | 1 | 0-00 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0-01 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0-01 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0-01 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0-01 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| 2004 | 7 | 0-02 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| Career total | 25 | 0-06 | |
Inter-county
edit| Team | Season | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 1998-99 | Division 1A | 7 | 0-02 | 3 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-00 | 12 | 0-03 |
| 1999-00 | 7 | 2-02 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 8 | 2-02 | |||
| 2000-01 | Division 2A | 5 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-03 | |
| 2002 | Division 1A | 6 | 1-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 9 | 1-00 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2004 | 4 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-02 | ||
| Career total | 29 | 3-06 | 11 | 0-04 | 5 | 0-00 | 45 | 3-10 | ||
Honours
editPlayer
edit- University of Limerick
- Carbery Rangers
- All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship: 2005
- Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship: 2004, 2005
- Cork Intermediate Football Championship: 2005 (c)
- Munster Junior Club Football Championship: 2003
- Cork Junior Football Championship: 2003
- South West Junior A Football Championship: 1998, 2003
- South West Junior D Football Championship: 2019
- South West Under-21 Football Championship: 1995
- Carbery
- Cork
Management
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ "Good times when we put UL footballers on the Limerick GAA map". The Southern Star. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Lester, Bob (1 December 2003). "Carbery's historic win ends decades of frustration". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Junior Football (Club)". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Historic achievement by Wolfe Tones". Hogan Stand. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Second-half effort seals it for Carbery". Irish Examiner. 29 March 2005. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Larkin, Brendan (16 December 2005). "Double blow for Carbery". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Intermediate Football (Club)". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Carbery end long famine in fine style". Irish Independent. 18 October 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Cork minor football teams: 1962-2010" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Cork junior football teams: 1983-1999" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Cork football rewatch: League final joy in the Páirc against the Dubs in 1999". Echo Live. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "10 of the best: That sweet feeling when Cork beat Kerry in championship". Echo Live. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Mark O'Sullivan will take 1999 All-Ireland final regrets 'to the grave'". Irish Examiner. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Corkery leads Cork rout of Tipp". Irish Examiner. 22 July 2002. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Fabulous Fermanagh footballers make Cork look feeble". Irish Independent. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Rebel starlet O'Sullivan calls shots to secure glory for Clonakilty". Irish Independent. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "Epic turnaround gives Ballincollig their first title". Irish Independent. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "AUDIO: Nemo's Brian Twomey says champions happy to wear the 'bullseye' in 2016". Irish Examiner. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "'It's no secret our team are on the road a long time, we needed fresh blood in there'". Echo Live. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Woods, Mark (21 August 2022). "Carbery beat Duhallow with a late James O'Regan free after a gripping PSFC final". Echo Live. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Cork finalise underage hurling and football managers from U14 to U16". Echo Live. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Micheal 'Haulie' O'Sullivan to manage Cork minors in 2024". Irish Examiner. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.