Diarmuid Murphy

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Diarmuid Murphy

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Irish Name	Diarmuid Ó Murchú
Place of birth	Kerry, Ireland
Club information
Club	An Daingean
Position	Goalkeeper
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
An Daingean
Inter County
County	Kerry
Position	Goalkeeper
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Kerry
Inter County Titles
Munster Titles	?
All-Ireland	2
All-Stars	2
* club appearances and scores correct as of {{{clupdate}}}. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of {{{icupdate}}}.

Diarmuid Murphy is the current goalkeeper for Kerry and An Daingean. He is an insurance clerical officer from An Daingean in County Kerry.

[edit] Football career

Diarmuid is from the townland of Ballinasig, just outside Dingle. Through the years he has played in the Kerry County Champioship, first with his divisional side West Kerry and, more recently, with Dingle. He also played in the Limerick County Championship and in the Sigerson Cup with the University of Limerick. Diarmuid was the goalkeeper for Kerrys 2004 All-Ireland victory over rivals Mayo. Murphy is set to continue his role as goalkeeper, and followed on to see another victory over Mayo in the 2006 all-Ireland senior football championship final at Croke Park on September 17, 2006. Diarmuid has won the National football league division one title with Kerry on two occasions. Murphy currently has two allstars to date in 2004 and 2005 and will be a serious contender for another allstar in 2006.

	Kerry Senior Football Team
1  D. Murphy | 2 M. Ó Sé | 3 M. McCarthy | 4 T. O'Sullivan | 5 T. Ó Sé | 6 S. Moynihan | 7 A. O'Mahony | 8 D. Ó Sé | 9 T. Griffin | 10 S. O'Sullivan | 11 D. O'Sullivan (Captain) | 12 P. Galvin | 13 C. Cooper | 14 K. Donaghy | 15 MF. Russell | Subs: 16 Kieran Cremin, 17 Eoin Brosnan, 18 Darren O'Sullivan, 19 Eamonn Fitzmaurice, 20 Bryan Sheehan, 21 Mossie Lyons, 22 Brendan Guiney, 23 Ronan O'Connor, 24 Padraig Reidy, 25 Paul O'Connor, 26 Killian Young, 27 Ronan Hussey, 28 Kieran O'Leary, 29 Aodán MacGearailt, 30 Adrian O'Connell. Manager: J. O'Connor (Team as of September 2006 versus Mayo)