Paul Murphy (Derry Gaelic footballer)

For the Kerry Gaelic footballer, see Paul Murphy (Kerry Gaelic footballer).

Paul Murphy

Personal information
Irish name	Pól Ó Murchú
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Half forward
Born	(1979-09-20) 20 September 1979 (age 45) Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation	Engineer[1]
Club(s)
Years	Club
199x–present	Dungiven
Club titles
Derry titles	1
Ulster titles	1
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1998[1]–present	Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	1
NFL	1

Paul Murphy (born 20 September 1979)[1] is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team, with whom he has won one/two? National League titles.

Murphy plays his club football for St Canice's Dungiven and has won a Derry Senior Football Championship and Ulster Senior Club Football Championship with the club. He usually plays in the half forward line for Derry and midfield for Dungiven.

Playing career

Inter-county

Murphy made his Derry debut in 1998.[1] He was called up to the team again during the 2000/2001 National Football League.[2]

He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.[3][4]

Club

Murphy and Dungiven won the Derry Senior Football Championship in 1997 and the club also went on to win that year's Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.[1] They were defeated by Corofin of Galway in the All-Ireland Club Championship semi-final the following February.^[citation needed]

Honours

Inter-county

• National Football League:
  • Winner (at least 1): 2008
• Dr McKenna Cup:
  • Runner up: 2005,[5] 2008, more?

Club

• Ulster Senior Club Football Championship:
  • Winner: 1997
• Derry Senior Football Championship:
  • Winner (1): 1997
• Derry Senior Football League:
  • Winner (1): 2003

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

References

1. "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
2. "Coleman delivers a new-look Derry". BBC Sport Online. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
3. "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
4. "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
5. "Derry line-ups 2005". Derry GAA website. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008.

External links

• Player profiles on Official Derry GAA website