Joseph M. Murphy (1947 – 6 April 2009) was an Irish hurler who played at club level with Passage and

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and at inter-county level with the

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. He usually lined out at centre-back.

Career

Murphy first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Passage club and later became a mainstay of the club's senior team. At inter-county level, he never played at minor level with

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but was a substitute on the under-21 team that beat

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in the 1968 All-Ireland under-21 final. Murphy was subsequently drafted onto the

during the team's successful 1968-69 National League campaign. It was the first of two successive league titles as well as consecutive Munster Championship titles. After coming on as a substitute in the 1969 All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny, Murphy ended the following season with

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success after a 6-21 to 5-10 win over

in the 1970 All-Ireland final. He later joined the

club and won divisional titles in both hurling and

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Death

Murphy died after a long period of illness on 6 April 2009, aged 71.

Honours

Shamrocks *

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: 1980 *

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: 1980, 1981 ;Cork *

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...

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: 1968-69, 1969-70 *

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Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-c ...

References

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