Derek Murray

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Personal information
Derek Murray
Sport	Gaelic football
Irish Name	Derek Ó Muirí
Place of birth	Dublin , Ireland
Club information
Club	Round Towers
Position	Forward
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Round Towers	? - Present
Inter-County
County	Dublin
Position	Forward
Inter-County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Dublin	2006 - Present
Senior Inter-County Titles
Leinster Titles	1
* club appearances and scores correct as of {{{clupdate}}}. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of {{{icupdate}}}.

Derek Murray is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin and Round Towers (C).

1 Inter-county Career
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Inter-county Career

[edit] Background

Derek Murray hails from Clondalkin, Dublin. He attended Moyle Park Secondary School in Clondalkin Village. Derek currently plays for Round Towers GAA Club in Clondalkin along with his brother Damien winner of two Trench Cup Finals with the great IT Tallaght teams of the early 2000s. In many ways Damien has helped to mould Derek into both the footballer and man he is today. A renowned goal scorer Derek has a goal to game ratio of over 3 to 1.

[edit] 2006

Derek made his debut for Dublin in the 2006 O'Byrne Cup. His hard work was rewarded with a starting place for Dublin Vs Tyrone in the first round of the 2006 Allianz National League. Unfortunately, Derek did not make the 2006 Leinster Championship and All-Ireland squad. He did however, take part in training sessions and was a Maor Uisce for Dublin's Leinster/All Ireland Championship campaign.

[edit] O'Byrne Cup

Derek regained his place on the Dublin panel for the 2007 O'Byrne Cup. He was part of the victorious O'Byrne Cup 2007 team with the final finishing in extra time with a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois.^[1] Derek finished the tournament with a total haul of 1-03.^[2] Derek was on Dublins winning team for the 2008 O'Byrne Cup winning team which defeated Longford in the final.^[3]