Alan O'Sullivan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Alan Ó Súilleabháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Midfield | ||
| Born |
1987 (age 36–37) Killarney, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Tuosist Dr Crokes | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 4 | ||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| Kerry | |||
Alan O Sullivan (born 1987) is a Gaelic footballer from County Kerry. He has played with Kerry at every level and with his club side Tuosist and later Dr Crokes.
Club
[edit]At club level he helped Tuosist to the County Novice title in 2008.
He later joined Dr Crokes in Killarney. It was a successful move as in his first season he won a Kerry Senior Football Championship in 2013, he later added a Munster Senior Club Football Championship. He won play a part as the club won three titles in a row between 2016 and 2018, added Munster titles in 2016 and 2018. On St Patricks Day 2017 he was part of the Corkes team who won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in Croke Park.
Minor
[edit]He first played with the Kerry GAA minor team in 2004 winning a Munster Championship as a sub, he was also part of the panel that lost the All Ireland final to Tyrone. He was a regular member of the team in 2005 but had little success.
Under 21
[edit]He then moved on to the Under 21 team, he played in 2006 & 07 but had little success. In 2008 he played a key role at midfield as Kerry won a first Munster title since 2002 and later a first All Ireland title since 1998 after overcoming Kildare.
Junior
[edit]In 2007 he joined the Junior side but had little success. Following on from his Under 21 success in 2008 he again played with the Junior team winning a Munster title, Kerry later lost out to Roscommon in the All Ireland semi final. After no success in 2009 Kerry were back as Munster Champions in 2010 with O Sullivan again playing a key role, they later lost out to Sigo in the All Ireland final. After playing no part in 2011 he won a third Munster Championship and later a first All Ireland at Junior level after beating Mayo in the final.
Senior
[edit]Despite being one of the top young players in Kerry, his only senior appearance came during the 2010 National Football League.