Derek Murray (Gaelic footballer)

For other people with the same name, see Derek Murray (disambiguation).

Derek Murray

Personal information
Irish name	Derek Ó Muirí
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Forward
Born	Dublin, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Round Towers
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2006 -	Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3

Derek Murray is an Irish Gaelic footballer who has played for the Clondalkin-based Round Towers club and for the Dublin county team. He won three Leinster Senior Football Championship titles between 2006 and 2008. ^[1] He is also a teacher for Clonburris National School in Clondalkin.

Club football

Derek Murray, who is from Clondalkin in Dublin, attended Moyle Park Secondary School in Clondalkin Village.^{[ citation needed ]} As of 2007, Murray was playing his club football for Round Towers GAA Club in Clondalkin. His brother, Damien, was also a member of the club.^{[ citation needed ]}

Inter-county career

Murray was part of the Dublin team that won the All-Ireland under-21 title in 2003. ^[1]

He made his debut for Dublin in the 2006 O'Byrne Cup. He was rewarded with a starting place for Dublin vs Tyrone in the first round of the 2006 Allianz National League. However, Murray did not make the 2006 All-Ireland squad. He did, however, take part in training sessions and was a Maor Uisce for Dublin's Leinster/All Ireland Championship campaign.^{[ citation needed ]}

Murray regained a place on the Dublin panel for the 2007 O'Byrne Cup. He was part of the winning 2007 O'Byrne Cup team with the final finishing, in extra time, on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois. ^{[2] [3]} Murray was also on Dublin's winning team for the 2008 O'Byrne Cup, in which Dublin defeated Longford in the final. ^[4]

Management

Murray has been part of the management team with the Dublin county ladies' football team since 2022. ^[1]

References

1. "Paul Casey and Derek Murray appointed joint managers of Dublin women's team". Irish Times. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
2. Dublin claim O'Byrne Cup again | Sport | BreakingNews.ie
3. "HILL 16". Archived from the original on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
4. "HILL 16". Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2008.