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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Donncha Ó Murchú | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Full-forward | ||
Born |
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland | 14 December 1910||
Died |
25 March 1989 Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland | (aged 78)||
Nickname | Bunny | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Thurles Sarsfields | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1936-1940 | Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NHL | 0 |
Denis Murphy (14 December 1910 – 25 March 1989) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played for Thurles Sarsfields and was the full-forward on the Tipperary senior hurling team that won the 1937 All-Ireland Championship.[1]
Murphy made his first appearance for the Tipperary senior hurling team during the 1936 Munster Championship, having earlier played for the Tipperary junior team. In 1937 he won an All-Ireland Championship medal when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny, having earlier won a Munster Championship medal.