Denis Murphy (hurler)
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| Denis Murphy | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Sport | Hurling | |
| Irish Name | Donncha Ó Murchú | |
| Full name | Denis Murphy | |
| Place of birth | Donoughmore , County Cork | |
| Club information | ||
| Club | St. Finbarr's | |
| Position | Left corner-back | |
| Inter-County | ||
| County | Cork | |
| Position | Left corner-back | |
| Inter-County(ies)** | ||
| County | Years | Apps (scores) |
| Cork | 1960s | |
| Senior Inter-County Titles | ||
| Munster Titles | 2 | |
| All-Ireland | 1 | |
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* club appearances and scores |
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Denis Murphy (born 1939) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Finbarr's and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1960s.
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[edit] Early life
Denis Murphy was born in Donoughmore, County Cork in 1939. He came from a farming family that had no hurling tradition up to that point. Murphy was educated locally and later attended St. Colman’s College in Fermoy where his hurling skills were developed. He played at corner-forward on the college’s Harty Cup team in 1956, the year he did his Leaving Certificate. Murphy later attended University College Cork where he won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal with the college’s hurling team in 1958. That year he also won a mid-Cork junior hurling title with Grenagh.
[edit] Playing career
[edit] Club & inter-county
When he finished his university education Murphy, who was now living in Cork, decided to join the famous St. Finbarr's club. His talent was quickly noticed by the Cork senior selectors and Murphy made his inter-county hurling debut in 1962. The early 1960s was one of the leanest eras for Cork’s hurlers as Tipperay managed to beat them almost every year in the Munster Championship. Murphy had some success however, winning a Cork County Championship with his adopted club, St. Finbarr’s, in 1965. The following year was a very special year for Murphy and Cork’s hurlers. The side defeated Limerick in the Munster Final to claim their first provincial title since 1956. It was Murphy’s first senior medal with Cork and paved the way for an All-Ireland final meeting with Kilkenny who were the red-hot favourites. Cork, however, scored a hat-trick of goals and Murphy won his first and only All-Ireland medal.
Two years later in 1968 he won a second Cork County Championship with the “Barr’s.” This victory paved the way for Murphy to captain the Cork senior hurlers for 1969. He guided the side to a National Hurling League victory over Wexford, as well as a second Munster Championship title. Once again Kilkenny were to be Cork’s opponents in the All-Ireland final. Murphy’s side had the upper hand for much of the game, however, Kilkenny came storming back into the game in the last quarter of an hour and winning the game by six points. It was hugely disappointing for Murphy and it turned out to be his last game for Cork. He retired at the relatively young age of 30 having won every honour at senior level. He also won two Railway Cup medals with Munster in 1966 and 1969. In retirement Murphy remained involved in hurling and was a selector in the mid-1970s when some of his former team-mates captured three successive All-Ireland titles in-a-row. In 2000 he was named at left corner-back on the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium.
| Preceded by Jerry O'Sullivan |
Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1969 |
Succeeded by Paddy Barry |
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