| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Eoghan Ó Murchú | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born | 20 July 1987 Glounthaune, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Nickname | The Bear | ||
| Occupation | Liability investigator | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
2005-present | Erin's Own | 80 (21-544) | |
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 2 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
2006-2009 | University College Cork | ||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2007 | Cork | 2 (0-01) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| * club appearances and scores correct as of 22:00, 12 August 2025. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:39, 16 January 2019. | |||
Eoghan Murphy (born 20 July 1987) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Erin's Own. As of 2019, he plays as a full-forward. Murphy, along with his brother Kieran, is a former member of the Cork senior hurling team. [1]
As a student at University College Cork Murphy was selected for the college's senior hurling team on a number of occasions. [2] On 7 March 2009, he was an unused substitute when UCC defeated the University of Limerick by 2-17 to 0-14 to win the Fitzgibbon Cup. [3]
Murphy joined the Erin's Own club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, winning back-to-back Cork Under-21 Championship in 2004 and 2005. He made his first appearance for the club's senior team on 8 July 2005 in a 4-17 to 2-15 defeat of Imokilly.[ citation needed ]
On 22 October 2006, Murphy scored 1-10 from left corner-forward when Erin's Own defeated Cloyne by 2-19 to 3-14 in the final of the Cork Senior Championship. [4] His tally of 1-31 placed him as the second-highest scorer in that year's championship.[ citation needed ]
On 14 October 2007, Murphy won a second Cork Senior Championship medal after Erin's Own 1-11 to 1-07 defeat of Newrownshandrum in the final. [5] He scored five points from frees in the game.[ citation needed ]
Murphy was sixteen-years-old when he first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 27 June 2004. He scored 1-01 after being introduced as a substitute in Cork's 2-12 to 3-08 defeat of Tipperary to win the Munster Championship.
On 26 June 2005, Murphy won a second Munster Championship medal after a 2-18 to 1-12 defeat of Limerick in the final. [6]
Murphy subsequently progressed onto the Cork under-21 team. On 1 August 2008, he won a Munster Championship medal at full-forward after Cork's 1-20 to 0-10 defeat of Waterford in the final. [7]
Murphy made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team on 18 February 2007 in a 1-21 to 0-14 National Hurling League defeat of Offaly. He scored from 1-01 during the game. [8] Murphy was later included on Cork's championship panel and made his first appearance on 7 July in a 1-27 to 0-11 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland Qualifiers. [9] Murphy's inter-county career ended at the end of the season.
| Team | Year | Cork | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Erin's Own | 2005 | 1 | 0-01 | — | — | 1 | 0-01 | ||
| 2006 | 5 | 1-31 | 2 | 1-08 | — | 7 | 2-39 | ||
| 2007 | 5 | 0-29 | 1 | 0-04 | — | 6 | 0-33 | ||
| 2008 | 4 | 2-23 | — | — | 4 | 2-23 | |||
| 2009 | 4 | 1-26 | — | — | 4 | 1-26 | |||
| 2010 | 5 | 1-38 | — | — | 5 | 1-38 | |||
| 2011 | 3 | 2-21 | — | — | 3 | 2-21 | |||
| 2012 | 3 | 1-19 | — | — | 3 | 1-19 | |||
| 2013 | 3 | 0-21 | — | — | 3 | 0-21 | |||
| 2014 | 2 | 0-15 | — | — | 2 | 0-15 | |||
| 2015 | 5 | 3-43 | — | — | 5 | 3-43 | |||
| 2016 | 7 | 3-63 | — | — | 7 | 3-63 | |||
| 2017 | 5 | 2-37 | — | — | 5 | 2-37 | |||
| 2018 | 2 | 1-23 | — | — | 2 | 1-23 | |||
| 2019 | 3 | 2-22 | — | — | 3 | 2-22 | |||
| 2020 | 5 | 0-33 | — | — | 5 | 0-33 | |||
| 2021 | 4 | 1-29 | — | — | 4 | 1-29 | |||
| 2022 | 4 | 0-21 | — | — | 4 | 0-21 | |||
| 2023 | 3 | 0-27 | — | — | 3 | 0-27 | |||
| 2024 | 3 | 0-07 | — | — | 3 | 0-07 | |||
| 2025 | 1 | 0-03 | — | — | 1 | 0-03 | |||
| Total | 77 | 20-532 | 3 | 1-12 | — | 80 | 21-544 | ||
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2007 | Division 1A | 5 | 2-01 | — | 2 | 0-01 | 7 | 2-02 | |
| Total | 5 | 2-01 | — | 2 | 0-01 | 7 | 2-02 | |||