Cian O’Sullivan reckons it will take quite some time for the realisation to sink in that he has become Dublin’s first hurling All Star in 12 years.

The Dublin forward woke on Thursday morning to his phone lighting up with messages and calls after news emerged that he had been named at wing forward on the 2025 All Star hurling team.

And if that in itself isn’t enough cause for celebration, it’s a week of birthdays in the O’Sullivan household too.

“The phone started hopping when I woke up and I was like, ‘I’d better ring mum and dad,’ because something’s obviously come in,” he smiles.

“It was my mum’s birthday (on Thursday) too, so it was great.

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