Year of frustration but also one of learning with Cork for Ballinhassig's Darragh O'Sullivan

After a season disrupted by injury, Ballinhassig hurler Darragh O’Sullivan reflects on lessons learned with Cork and his drive to deliver for club and county.

Pictured are Brian O'Shea, Cloyne and Darragh O'Sullivan, Ballinhassig, ahead of the Co Op Superstores 2025 Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Semi Final, at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork. Pic: Jim Coughlan.

A year of frustration. A year of education. A year still holding promise. Darragh O’Sullivan has no gripes with the road’s curvature.

Pat Ryan invited O’Sullivan into the Cork set-up ahead of the 2025 season. No surprise in that invitation being extended. The Ballinhassig clubman was corner-back on the county’s All-Ireland U20 winning team in 2023. Now senior boss Ben O’Connor handed him the U20 captaincy the year after.