Eoin Murchan (born 1996) is an Irish

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er who plays for the Na Fianna club and at senior level for the Dublin county team. Murchan did not start the

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, which finished in a draw. He was then named from the start in the replay, and scored a goal straight from the second-half throw-in by racing straight for the Kerry goal, hitting the ball into the right corner of the net. Joe Brolly later described Murchan's goal as "arguably the most important moment in the history of Dublin football". Murchan received The Throw-In's final Rising Star award of the competition as a result. Murchan is a

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