Jimmy Barry-Murphy
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Jimmy Barry-Murphy (born 22 August 1954 in Cork) is a former Irish sportsman who played hurling and Gaelic football with Cork in the 1970s and 1980s. He is regarded as one of the great dual players of all time.
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[edit] Early life
Jimmy Barry-Murphy, known to his fans as JBM, is considered one of Gaelic games greatest all-round players. Excelling in both codes he won every honour in both football and hurling. Born in Cork in 1954, his family had a long association with hurling in the county. His granduncle, Dinny Barry-Murphy, captained Cork and won four All-Ireland medals in the 1920s. Another granduncle and one of his grandfather's also played with Cork, while his father won a junior All-Ireland medal in the 1940s. Barry-Murphy was educated locally at Colaiste an Spiorad Naoimh secondary school in Bishopstown, however, his mind was always on sport.
[edit] Playing career
It was on the underage teams at his local St. Finbarr's club that his talent was first noticed. An All-Ireland winner in minor hurling in 1971, in minor football in 1972 and in under-21 hurling in 1973 it was unusually to soccer that he turned his attention to after these wins. At the age of 17 he joined Cork Celtic, the losing FAI Cup finalists from 1969, however, his tenure with the club was shortlived and he soon returned to hurling and Gaelic football. In January 1973 he made his debut onto the Cork senior hurling team in a National League game. Later that year Cork, led by Billy Morgan, defeated Kerry to win the Munster Football Championship and subsequently won the All-Ireland. Two of the young stars on that team were Ray Cummins and Jimmy Barry-Murphy, who scored two goals in the final. Both would later become excel as Cork hurlers.
By 1974 Jimmy Barry-Murphy, already a double All Star Award-winner in football, had made his wy onto the hurling team. He won his first Munster Hurling Championship medal in 1975, the first of five-in-a-row. He won his first All-Ireland Hurling medal the following year and set in train an extraordinary run of three successive All-Ireland triumphs for Cork with defeats over Wexford twice and Kilkenny. Cork returned in 1981 to win the National League, however, lost out badly to Kilkenny in the All-Ireland finals of 1982 and 1983, each time with Barry-Murphy as captain. His fourth All-Ireland hurling medal came in 1984, the centenary year of the Gaelic Athletic Association, when Cork beat Offaly at Semple Stadium. Having lost to Galway in the 1985 All-Ireland semi-final Cork returned in 1986 and Barry-Murphy claiemd his fifth winners medal.
[edit] Retirement
Jimmy Barry-Murphy retired from inter-county hurling in April 1987. he subsequently became a part-time sports analyst on The Sunday Game, before returning to Cork where he trained the minor team to All-Ireland victory in 1995. He became manager of the senior team in 1996, leading them to a National league in 1998 and an All-Ireland victory in 1999. Shortly after the 2000 season Barry-Murphy retired from Cork hurling. He left with five All-Ireland medals in hurling and one in football. He had amassed a grand total of seven All-Star awards, three National Leagues, 12 Munster Championship medals and one Railway Cup with Munster. With his club St. Finbarr's Barry-Murphy also won three Munster and two All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships, as well as two Munster and All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championships. Jimmy Barry-Murphy is often regarded as one of the first superstars of Gaelic games in the modern era and has gained heroic status in his native city and county. In 2005 his goal in the 1973 All-Ireland football final was chosen as one of Radio Telefís Éireann's Top 20 GAA Moments.
[edit] Trivia
His son Brian Barry Murphy scored the 1000th goal for Bury FC in Tier 4 of the English Football League in a 2-2 draw with Wrexham. This made them the first club to score 1000 goals in all four tiers of the League.
[edit] Honours
| Preceded by Donal O'Grady |
Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1982, 1983 |
Succeeded by John Fenton |
| Preceded by Johnny Clifford |
Cork Senior Hurling Manager 1996-2000 |
Succeeded by Tom Cashman |
| Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1978 | ||
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1 M. Coleman | 2 B. Murphy | 3 M. O'Doherty | 4 J. Horgan | 5 D. McCurtain | 6 J. Crowley | 7 D. Coughlan | 8 T. Cashman | 9 P. Moylan | 10 J. Barry-Murphy | 11 G. McCarthy | 12 T. Crowley | 13 C. McCarthy | 14 R. Cummins | 15 S. O'Leary | Subs: J. Allen | E. O'Donoghue | Manager: B. Troy |
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| Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1999 | ||
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1 D. Óg Cusack | 2 F. Ryan | 3 D. O'Sullivan | 4 J. Browne | 5 W. Sherlock | 6 B. Corcoran | 7 S. Óg Ó hAilpín | 8 M. O'Connell | 9 M. Landers | 10 T. McCarthy | 11 F. McCormack | 12 N. Ronan | 13 B. O'Connor | 14 J. Deane | 15 S. McGrath | Subs: A. Browne | K. Murray | Manager: J. Barry-Murphy |
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