Liam Hinphey

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Liam Hinphey
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Irish Name Liam Óg Ó hAnfaidh
Date of Birth August 15, 1984 (1984-08-15) (age 23)
Place of birth Dungiven,County Londonderry
, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation Student
Club information
Club Dungiven / Kevin Lynch's
Football Position Half back
Hurling Position ?
Club(s)*
Dungiven (F)
Kevin Lynch's (H)		 ?-Present
?-Present
Inter County
County Derry
Football Position Right half back
Hurling Position ?
Inter County(ies)**
County Years Apps (scores)
Derry (F)
Derry (H)		 2006-Present
?-Present
League titles 1 -

* club appearances and scores
correct as of .
**Inter County team apps and scores correct
as of .

Liam Óg Hinphey (Irish: Liam Óg Ó hAnfaidh; born 15 August 1984) is an Irish dual GAA player who plays Gaelic football and hurling for who plays for Derry, with whom he has won the National Football League. He plays his club football for St. Canice's GAC Dungiven and club hurling for Kevin Lynch's. He is a cousin of two-time Derry All Star Joe Brolly.[1]

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[edit] Football career

[edit] Inter-county

Hinphey was first called up to the Derry Senior football panel in Novemeber 2005 for the 2006 season.[2] He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.[3][4]

[edit] School / college

A relative late-comer to football, Hinphey won the MacRory and Hogan Cups in 2003 with St. Pat's Maghera.

[edit] Hurling

[edit] Inter-county

Hinphey's father (also Liam) is from hurling stronghold Kilkenny in particular the James Stephens club,[1] one of the most successful hurling clubs of all time and had a big influence on his hurling career.

Hinphey has represented Derry, Ulster and even captained Ireland at Under 21 level in hurling.[1] He was part of Derry's 2006 Nicky Rackard Cup winning side. He opted out of the Derry hurling side for the 2008 season to concentrate on football.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Football

[edit] County

[edit] Club

  • Derry ACFL Division 2 - Winner (1): 2007

[edit] School

[edit] Hurling

[edit] County

[edit] Club

[edit] School

  • Mageean Cup - Winner (1/2?): 2001, 2003?

[edit] Indivdual

  • Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star - Winner (1?): 2003

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Niblock, Thomas. "No resting on laurels for Derry's dual star", The Irish News, 2006-01-12. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 
  2. ^ Crozier names much-changed panel. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
  3. ^ Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  4. ^ Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website. Derry GAA website. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.


v • d • e
Derry Senior Football Team
1 J. Deighan | 2 K. McGuckin (V. cap.) | 3 K. McCloy (Cap.) | 4  F. McEldowney  | 5 L. Hinphey  | 6 M. McBride | 7 M. McIver | 8 E. Muldoon | 9 J. Conway | 10 M. Lynch | 11 P. Murphy | 12 B.McGoldrick | 13 C. Gilligan | 14 P. Bradley 
15 | E. Bradley 
Subs: M. Friel for P. Murphy, | C. Devlin for E. Bradley | G. O’Kane for M. McBride | J. Diver for M. Lynch | J. Keenan for M. McIver
Manager: Paddy Crozier
(Team as of 30 March 2008 versus Galway)
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