Episode 3437: Cillian O’Sullivan On Meath’s Big Year And Living With Multiple Sclerosis
Cillian O’Sullivan has had more bad days than good with the Meath football team over the last decade, but his class was never in dispute.
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He joined us in the Gaiety in October to talk about 2025 – the year the Royallers’ fortunes changed, with wins over Dublin, Kerry and Galway in one season.
And he tells us about continuing an inter-county career having been diagnosed with MS, and how he has been changed by the challenge. It was one of our favourite conversations of 2025.
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