Liam Hinphey (born 15 August 1984) is a

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of Gaelic games who plays Gaelic football and hurling for the

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, with whom he has won the

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title and

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(hurling). Hinphey plays his club football for St Canice's GAC Dungiven and club hurling for Kevin Lynch's, with whom he has won five

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Early and family life

Hinphey is from Dungiven in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His father (also Liam) is from hurling stronghold of Kilkenny in the

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, playing for the James Stephens club, one of the most successful hurling clubs of all time and had a big influence on his hurling career. Liam Óg's brother Kevin also plays hurling for Derry. He is a cousin of two-time Derry All Star

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Football career

Inter-county

Hinphey was first called up to the Derry Senior football panel in November 2005 for the 2006 season. He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat

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in the final. Hinphey missed the first round of the 2008

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against Donegal with a pelvic injury (osteo pubis), and was expected to be sidelined for the rest of the season. However, early detection and appropriate treatment saw him make a quicker than expected recovery and made his club return in the Derry Championship against

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on 1 July. He has opted out of the 2009 panel, as he will be traveling around Australia for six months from March 2009 to September 2009.

Club

Hinphey plays his club football for St Canice's Dungiven and won the Derry ACFL Division 2 in 2007. He returned from Australia in late July in time for the latter stages of the 2009 Derry Championship.

School/college

A relative late-comer to football, Hinphey won the MacRory and

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s in 2003 with St. Pat's Maghera.

Hurling

Inter-county

Hinphey won the

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with Derry minors in 2001. He made his Senior Derry debut when 18 years old against

in 2003. Hinphey has represented Derry,

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and even captained Ireland at Under 21 level in hurling. He was part of Derry's 2006

winning side. He opted out of the Derry hurling side for the 2008 season to concentrate on football. He returned to the hurling panel in 2009, but was only available for the first two rounds of the National Hurling League, as he decided to travel Australia from March. Having arrived in Sydney he signed for the Sydney Shamrocks Hurling club and played brilliantly at centre back as they won the first NSW competition of the year, the Central Coast tournament. While travelling in Australia he played for ?.

Club

Hinphey had a highly successful underage career with Kevin Lynchs, for example winning the Ulster Minor Club Hurling Championship with the club in 2002. This success has continued at Senior level. Hinphey has won five Derry hurling Championships with the club (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008). He returned from Australia in late July in time for the latter stages of the 2009 Derry Championship.

School/college

Hinphey won the Mageenan Cup on 1/2? occasions with St Pat's.

Province

Hinphey has represented

in the Railway Cup and was captain of the province in 2009.

Honours

Football

Inter-county

: **Winner (1):

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: **Runner up: 2008

Club

*Derry ACFL Division 2: **Winner (1): 2007 *Underage competitions

School

MacRory Cup The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football tournament in Ulster at senior "A" grade. The MacLarnon Cup is the competition for schools at senior 'B' grade. Players must be under nineteen at the start of the tournament. The win ...

: **Winner (1): 2003 *

: **Winner (1): 2003

Hurling

County

: **Winner (1): 2006 *

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: **Runner up: 2003 *

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: **Runner up: 2003 *

: **Winner (1): 2001 **Runner up: 2002, more?

Club

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: **Runner up: 2003, 2006, 2007 *

: **Winner (5): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 (Captain.) **Runner up: 2005 *Numerous underage awards

School

* Mageean Cup: **Winner (1/2?): 2001, 2003?

Individual

*Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star: **Winner (1?): 2003 Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References

External links

Interview with ''The Irish News'' (2007)Player profiles on Official Derry GAA website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinphey, Liam 1984 births Living people Derry inter-county Gaelic footballers Derry inter-county hurlers Dual players Dungiven Gaelic footballers Kevin Lynch's hurlers People from Dungiven Ulster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers