Liam Murphy

Who is Liam Murphy?

Liam Murphy is Gaelic footballer. He played with Kerry at different levels in the 1990s and 2000s. He first came on the intercounty scean in 1996 as part of the Kerry minor team that lost that year's All Ireland final to Laois, that 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 where is bad luck in All Irealnd finals contioned this time as Kerry were shcoked but Westmeath in the final. He then moved on to the Kerry Junior team and won a Munster Championship in 2000 but once again fell at the All Ireland stage this time to Roscommon. He made a handful of National League appearances with the Kerry senior team in 2000.

He has enjoyed much success 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. With Gneeveguilla he has also had success. He helped the club with the County Junior Championship in 2000. In 2003 Gneeveguilla won their first East Kerry Senior Championship title in 20 years with Murphy key to the success. In 2010 after losing the 2009 final Gneeveguilla win the County Intermedate Championship and later went on to won the Munster Championship.