Phil O'Sullivan

Phil O'Sullivan

Personal information
Irish name	Pilib Ó Súilleabháin
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right corner-back
Born	10 May 1895 Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland
Died	August 1952 (aged 57) New York City, United States
Nickname	The Master
Occupation	Teacher
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Lauragh Kenmare Faughs Ballymacelligott
Club titles
Kerry titles	1
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	University College Dublin
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1923-1927	Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	4
All-Irelands	2
NFL	0

Philip O'Sullivan (10 May 1895 – August 1952) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for a number of clubs in Kerry and Dublin and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. He usually lined out as a defender.

Career

As a Gaelic footballer, hurler and athlete, O'Sullivan played his football with Lauragh and hurling with Kenmare. While a student in Dublin, he played with Faughs and University College Dublin and later when he took up a teaching post in Ballymacelligott he played with the local team.^[1] O'Sullivan first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry junior football team that won the All-Ireland Junior Championship title in 1915. He was subsequently promoted to the senior team and, after being on the losing side to Dublin in the 1923 All-Ireland final, captained the team to the All-Ireland Senior Championship title the following year.^[2] O'Sullivan claimed a second winners' medal in 1926 and also won four Munster Championship titles during his brief senior career.^[3]

Personal life and death

Born in Tuosist, County Kerry, O'Sullivan worked as a national school teacher. In 1927 he travelled with the Kerry team to New York City where he met and later married Kathleen O'Mahoney. O'Sullivan spent the remainder of his life in New York.

O'Sullivan died in August 1952 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens.^[4]

Honours

Ballymacelligott

• Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1918

Kerry

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1924 (c), 1926
• Munster Senior Football Championship: 1923, 1924 (c), 1926, 1927
• All-Ireland Junior Football Championship: 1915
• Munster Junior Football Championship: 1914, 1915

References

1. "Ballymacelligott GAA – A Brief History". Ballymacelligott GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
2. "Phil O'Sullivan - All Ireland Winning Captain 1924". Terrace Talk website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
3. "Senior Football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
4. "Phil OSullivan: An unsung hero". The Kerryman. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2021.