Liam Murphy (Gaelic footballer)

Liam Murphy (born in Gneeveguilla, County Kerry, Ireland) is Gaelic footballer. He played with Kerry at different levels in the 1990s and 2000s. He first came on the intercounty scene in 1996 as part of the Kerry minor team that won the Munster title,[1] but lost that year's All Ireland final to Laois. The same year he was part of the Kerry Vocational Schools team that made it to the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship final but once again lost out this time to Donegal. Murphy later joined the county's Under 21 team in 1999 in a season in which Kerry were beaten by Westmeath in the final. He then moved on to the Kerry Junior team and won a Munster Championship in 2000 but once again lost out at the All Ireland stage this time to Roscommon. He made a handful of National League appearances with the Kerry senior team in 2000.[2]

Liam Murphy
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born Gneeveguilla, County Kerry
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Club(s)
Years Club
1990s-
 Gneeveguilla
Club titles
Kerry titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2000
 Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

He had some successes at club level in both Kerry and Cork. In Kerry with his local Gneeveguilla club and with the Kerry team and in Cork with UCC. He was part of the East Kerry team that won 3 County Championships in a row from 1997 to 1999. He also won a Minor County Championship in 1996 and an Under 21 Championship in 1999. He also won a County Championship in Cork with UCC in 1999, and later a Munster Club Championship.[3] With Gneeveguilla, he won a County Junior Championship in 2000. In 2003 Gneeveguilla won their first East Kerry Senior Championship title in 20 years with Murphy involved in that win. In 2010, after losing the 2009 final, Gneeveguilla won the County Intermediate Championship and later went on to win the Munster Championship.[4]

References
  1. "Minor Football « Munster GAA Web site". Munster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  2. "Kerry Football :: League Appearances :: Liam Murphy". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  3. "Senior Football (Club) « Munster GAA Web site". Munster.gaa.ie. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  4. "Intermediate Football (Club) « Munster GAA Web site". Munster.gaa.ie. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
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