Conor O'Sullivan

Conor O'Sullivan (born 1988 in Glanmire, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Sarsfield's and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2009.

Playing career

Club

O'Sullivan plays his club hurling with his local club called Sarsfield's. He enjoyed much success at juvenile levels, however, he narrowly missed out on the club's underage boom at minor and under-21 levels in the early part of the new century. In 2008 Sarsfield's reached the county final of the senior championship. A narrow 2-14 to 2-13 victory over Bride Rovers gave O'Sullivan a coveted cork senior championship winners' medal and gave 'Sars' a first county final win since 1957.^[1]

Inter-county

O'Sullivan first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the so-called Cork 'development panel' in late 2008.^[2] This new team came into being as a result of the 2008 hurling panel's refusal to play under manager Gerald McCarthy. O'Sullivan first lined out for Cork in a challenge game to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Colman's College in Fermoy. On that occasion the new Cork team defeated a star-studded St. Colman's team which featured many Cork stars of the past.^[3] He later impressed in some subsequent challenege games and was named on the starting fifteen for Cork's National Hurling League campaign. O'Sullivan made his competitive senior debut in the 4-14 to 1-14 defeat by Dublin in the opening round of the National League in 2009.^[4] Since then Cork have been defeated by both Tipperary and Galway.^[5][6] The resignation of Gerald McCarthy as manager resulted in the 2008 panel returning to the inter-county set-up. O'Sullivan was one of four players from the old 2009 panel who was included for Cork's National League clash with Clare.^[7]

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