Paul Murphy (Derry Gaelic footballer)

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Paul Murphy
Personal information
Irish name Pól Ó Murchú
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half forward
Born (1979-09-20) 20 September 1979 (age 43)
Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Engineer [1]
Club(s)
YearsClub
199x–present
Dungiven
Club titles
Derry titles 1
Ulster titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
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.

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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

Club

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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.