Seán Óg Murphy

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Jackie 'Seán Óg' Murphy

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Date of Birth	1897
Date of Death	1956
Place of birth	Cork,
Nickname(s)	Seán Óg
Club information
Club	Blackrock
Position	Full-back
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Inter County
County	Cork
Position	Full-back
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Cork	1912-1928
Inter County Titles
Munster Titles	6
All-Ireland	3
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

Jackie 'Seán Óg' Murphy (1897-1965) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with Blackrock and Cork in the 1920s and later served as an administrator with the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 2.1 Club 2.2 Inter-county 3 Retirement 4 References

[edit] Early life

Seán Óg Murphy was born in Merchant Street, Cork in 1897. The son of a publican, he was educated locally at St. Peter and Paul School before later attending the South Monastery and the North Monastery secondary schools. At the North Mon Murphy joined the school’s first-ever hurling team before later joining his local club St. Vincent’s. Following his education Murphy worked as a claims supervisor with the City of Cork Steampacket Company. He subsequently moved from the northside to the southside of Cork and joined the Blackrock GAA club, the most successful hurling club in Cork.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club

Murphy played his club hurling with Blackrock and his club football with Nils. He had much success with these two clubs in the Cork County Championships. With Nils he won junior football titles in 1913 and 1914. Murphy and his teammate, Sean Shanahan, won several titles. He and Sean remained great friends until Sean's death in 1943. The club stepped up to senior level after the latter win, with Murphy winning further titles in 1915, 1917 (as captain), 1924 and 1925. With his beloved Blackrock hurling team he won county titles in 1913, 1920, 1924, 1925 and 1927. The last three wins featured Murphy as captain of the side.

[edit] Inter-county

Murphy showed such great talent as a young hurler that he was brought on to the Cork selection for the All-Ireland final of 1912 which Cork subsequently lost to Kilkenny. In 1915 he won his first Munster title with Cork, however, his side once again lost the All-Ireland final, this time to Laois. A long sequence of losses followed, however, Murphy claimed his second Munster title in 1919. Dublin were subsequently defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland final and Murphy won his very first All-Ireland medal. In 1920 he captured his third provincial title, however, Dublin gained revenge for the previous year by defeating Murphy’s side in the All-Ireland final.

In 1926 Murphy was appointed captain of the Cork senior hurling team. It turned out to be a successful year for him and his team as he guided Cork to their first National Hurling League title in the inaugural year of the competition. Murphy later claimed his fourth Munster medal before leading Cork to victory over Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. On [[{St. Patrick’s Day]], 1927 he also led Munster in the inaugural Railway Cup final. Murphy retained the Cork captaincy for the 1927 championship and captured a fifth Munster title, however, Dublin had the better of Cork in the All-Ireland final. 1928 saw Murphy lead Cork for a third successive year. He steered his men to yet another Munster title as well as an All-Ireland victory over Galway. It was his third All-Ireland medal. Murphy also took part in the 1928 Tailteann Games, the Gaelic Athletic Association’s answer to the Olympic Games.

In 1929 an injury in a game against Clare ended Murphy’s hurling career. The timing was unfortunate because if he was fit enough to play he would have won another All-Ireland medal.

[edit] Retirement

In retirement from hurling Murphy maintained a keen interest in Cork hurling and football affairs. In 1929 he was elected Secretary of the Cork County Boar, one of the most important positions in the administration department of the GAA in Cork. He held this position until his death. Murphy also served as a selector on ten All-Ireland SHC winning teams, a record which may never be equalled. These victories came in 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1952, 1953 and 1954. As a tribute to Murphy the cup awarded to the victorious team in the Cork SHC is named the ‘Seán Óg Murphy Cup.’

Seán Óg Murphy died in 1956.

Preceded by '	Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1926-1928	Succeeded by Dinny Barry-Murphy
Preceded by Johnny Leahy (Tipperary)	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain 1926	Succeeded by Mick Gill (Dublin)
Preceded by Mick Gill (Dublin)	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain 1928	Succeeded by Dinny Barry-Murphy (Cork)

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1919 (7th title)
1 N. Grey | 2 J. O'Keeffe | 3 S. Óg Murphy | 4 P. 'Balty' Ahern | 5 J. Kennedy (Capt.) | 6 J. Hassett | 7 C. Lucey | 8 T. Nagle | 9 P. O'Halloran | 10 Mick Murphy | 11 F. Kelleher | 12 C. Sheehan | 13 D. Ring | 14 D. O'Gorman | 15 J. Barry-Murphy |

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1926 (8th title)
1 J. Coughlan | 2 Mick Murphy | 3 E. 'Marie' O'Connell | 4 D. Barry-Murphy | 5 Maurice Murphy | 6 S. Óg Murphy (Capt.) | 7 J. O'Regan | 8 E. Coughlan | 9 J. Hurley | 10 B. Higgins | 11 P. Delea | 12 Mattie Murphy | 13 D.J. Kearney | 14 M. 'Gah' Ahern | 15 P. 'Balty' Ahern |

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1928 (9th title)
1 M. Leahy | 2 E. 'Marie' O'Connell | 3 S. Óg Murphy (Capt.) | 4 P. 'Balty' Ahern | 5 M. Burke | 6 J. Hurley | 7 M. Madden | 8 E. Coughlan | 9 D. Barry-Murphy | 10 P. Delea | 11 J. O'Regan | 12 T. Barry | 13 M. 'Gah' Ahern | 14 P. O'Grady | 15 M. O'Connell |

[edit] References

• Cronin, Jim, Making Connections – A Cork G.A.A Miscellany, (2005).