Michael "Mickey" Murphy (born 28 October 1985) is a
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
er who plays for the
Galbally Pearses
Galbally Pearses' is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Galbally in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The club is named after the 1916 Easter Rising martyr, Patrick Pearse.
History
The "Irish Rapperees" of Galbally were ...
club. He has one
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal, won in 2005.
From
Galbally in
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...
, Murphy had a successful run in schools and college football. He was part of the St Ciaran's High School team,
Ballygawley, that won the Markey Cup in 2002. He also played for and
captained the
University of Ulster, Jordanstown
sco, Ulstèr Universitie
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team in the
Sigerson Cup.
References
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1985 births
Living people
Tyrone inter-county Gaelic footballers
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