Barnes Murphy (born in Sligo, Ireland), is a former Gaelic footballer who represented the Sligo county team during the 1970s and 1980s. Aside from winning a GAA All Stars Award in 1974, he won a Connacht Senior Football Championship medal with Sligo in 1975 when he both captained and coached Sligo the same year. Murphy played football for Connacht many times in his career and his talent was duly recognized by the Connacht Railway Cup management in 1976 when he was selected as the first and only Sligo man to captain his province.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Centre half back / Midfield | ||
| Born | Sligo, County Sligo | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1967-85 |
St Mary's All-Ireland 7 a-side (1980) | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Sligo titles | 8 | ||
| Connacht titles | 3 | ||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| All-Ireland titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1967 - 1981 | Sligo | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Murphy also enjoyed success at club level, winning five county championships (with Craomh Rua and St Mary's), five League medals (also with Craomh Rua and St Mary's), three Connacht club championships and, an All-Ireland 7s.[2] He also won Junior titles with St John's after the new club was formed when the old Sligo borough boundaries were further divided. To date, Murphy along with Mickey Kearins[3] are Sligo's most decorated and successful footballers ever.[citation needed]
Murphy lives in his native Sligo where he is still involved in club football. Barnes is featured in The Best of the West: GAA Greats of Connacht, a book by John Scally that features GAA's best players from the west of Ireland.[4] Mickey Kearins & Eamon O'Hara are also featured.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Murphy, Barnes - HoganStand".
- ^ "St Mary's". stmarys.sligo.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Cumann na mBunscol, Co. Shligigh".
- ^ "John Scally". Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "St Mary's". Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
External links
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This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (September 2009) |
- Murphy, Barnes - HoganStand
- Sligo GAA FOSF 27th April 09
- ::Sport - Castleconnor :: West Sligo, Ireland ::
- Castleconnor
- GAA Football All Stars Winners
- :Ulster Bank GAA - Team Profile - Sligo
- Sligo Weekender - 2002/07/11: Captain fantastic
- Stokane National School
- RTË Sport: Sligo 1-10 Galway 0-12
- Former Sligo captain sets the record straight
- O’Hara keeps on reaching for stars
- John Scally
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