Eoin Murchan

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Eoin Murchan
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right corner-back
Born 1996
Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Occupation Financial consultant
Club(s)
YearsClub
Na Fianna
Club titles
Dublin titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
2014-2018
University College Dublin
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2017–present
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 8
All-Irelands 5
NFL 2
All Stars 1

Eoin Murchan (born 1996) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Na Fianna club and at senior level for the Dublin county team. [1]

Murchan did not start the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, which finished in a draw. [2] He was then named from the start in the replay and scored a goal straight from the second-half throw-in by racing straight for the Kerry goal, hitting the ball into the right corner of the net. [3] Joe Brolly later described Murchan's goal as "arguably the most important moment in the history of Dublin football". [4] Murchan received The Throw-In's final Rising Star award of the competition as a result. [5]

Murchan is a pianist. [6]

Honours

University College Dublin
Na Fianna
Dublin

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