Brendan O'Sullivan (Cork hurler) in Cork's opening championship game against Kerry in 1992, O'Sullivan was subsequently dropped from the starting fifteen. He was a non-playing substitute as Cork claimed the Munster title following a 1-22 to 3-11 defeat of Limerick. O'Sullivan remained on the bench for Cork's subsequent All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny. O'Sullivan ended his inter-county career as a member of the Cork junior team in 1995. Brendan O'Sullivan (Cork hurler) Brendan O'Sullivan (born 1964) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Innishannon, County Cork, O'Sullivan first arrived on the inter-county scene at
Irish migration to Great Britain and domestic labour. The extent of the Irish contribution to Britain's construction industry in the 20th century may be gauged from Sir William MacAlpine's 1998 assertion that the contribution of the Irish to the success of his industry had been 'immeasurable'. Ireland's population fell from more than 8 million to just 6.5 million between 1841 and 1851. A century later it had dropped to 4.3 million. By the late 19th century, emigration was heaviest from Ireland's most rural southern and western counties. Cork, Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Tipperary and Limerick alone provided nearly half of Ireland's emigrants. Some of this