| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Tadhg Óg Ó Murchú | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born | 6 January 1986 Glanmire, County Cork |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2004-present | Sarsfield's | ||
| Club Titles | |||
| Cork titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2009-present | Cork | 0 (0-0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Tadhg Óg Murphy (born 6 January 1986 in Glanmire, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Sarsfield's and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2009.
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Tadhg Óg Murphy was born in Glanmire, County Cork in 1986. He was born into a family that was steeped in hurling tradition. His grandfather, Bertie Murphy, played junior hurling with Cork in the 1940s. His father, Tadhg Murphy, was a dual player with Cork in the late 1970s and early 1980s while his uncle, Bertie Óg Murphy, also played with the Cork hurling team in the 1970s and 1980s before serving as manager of the team in the early 2000s.[1]
Murphy plays his club hurling with his local club called Sarsfield's. He enjoyed much success at juvenile levels, however, he narrowly missed out on the club's underage boom at minor and under-21 levels in the early part of the new century. In 2008 Sarsfield's reached the county final of the senior championship. A narrow 2-14 to 2-13 victory over Bride Rovers gave Murphy a coveted cork senior championship winners' medal and gave 'Sars' a first county final win since 1957.[2]
Murphy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the so-called Cork 'development panel' in late 2008.[3] This new team came into being as a result of the 2008 hurling panel's refusal to play under manager Gerald McCarthy. Murphy first lined out for Cork in a challenge game to celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Colman's College in Fermoy. On that occasion the new Cork team defeated a star-studded St. Colman's team which featured many Cork stars of the past.[4] He later impressed in some subsequent challenege games and was named on the starting fifteen for Cork's National Hurling League campaign. Murphy made his competitive senior debut in the 4-14 to 1-14 defeat by Dublin in the opening round of the National League in 2009.[5] Since then Cork have been defeated by both Tipperary and Galway.[6][7] The resignation of Gerald McCarthy as manager resulted in the 2008 panel returning to the inter-county set-up. Murphy was one of four players from the old 2009 panel who was included for Cork's National League clash with Clare.[8]
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