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Martin Murphy (born 4 September 1963) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and retired Deputy Governor in the Irish Prison Service. He is best known for guiding Stradbally GAA and Portarlington GAA to multiple Laois Senior Football Championship titles and for managing the Offaly senior football team in 2023. Murphy has also edited two local sports history books and played rugby for Portarlington RFC.
Personal background
[edit]Murphy is from Portarlington, County Offaly. Outside sport, he had a long career in the Irish Prison Service, rising to the position of Deputy Governor before retiring.[1] In addition to Gaelic games, Murphy played rugby for Portarlington RFC, captaining the club.[2] Murphy has edited two sports history books: Sport in Port and Portarlington RFC: 50 Years.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Murphy is married to Niamh Coffey, granddaughter of Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald, and grandniece of Dan Breen, General Seán MacMahon, and Lieutenant Michael Malone, killed during the Battle of Mount Street Bridge in the 1916 Easter Rising.[4][circular reference] They have three children: Barry, a registered valuer in Queenstown, New Zealand;[5] Adrian, an IT Project Manager for the Ministry of Health in Dublin; and Rachel, a member of the Garda Síochána.[4]
Playing career
[edit]Murphy played senior club football for Gracefield GAA in the Offaly championships during the 1980s and 1990s.[6]
Coaching career
[edit]Stradbally GAA
[edit]Murphy guided Stradbally GAA to victory in the 2005 Laois Senior Football Championship, defeating Portlaoise in the final. This win ended a 23-year wait for the club.[7] Murphy managed Stradbally again in 2016 when they went on to beat Portlaoise in the Championship Final, stopping them from achieving a 10 in a row.[8]
Portarlington GAA
[edit]Under Murphy’s management, Portarlington won the Laois Championship three years in a row:
- 2020 title (final played August 2021): defeated Graiguecullen 1-15 to 0-7.[9]
- 2021 title: retained crown with win over Portlaoise.[10]
- 2022 title: defeated Graiguecullen to complete three-in-a-row.[11]
Offaly selector (2022–2023)
[edit]In October 2022, Murphy was appointed as a selector to the Offaly senior football team under newly appointed manager Liam Kearns.[12]
Interim Offaly manager (2023)
[edit]Following the sudden death of Kearns on 12 March 2023,[13] Murphy was appointed interim manager.[14]
Highlights:
- Defeated Tipperary in first match after Kearns’s passing.[15]
- Beat Longford and Meath in the Leinster SFC to reach semi-final.[16]
- Narrow extra-time defeat to Louth in Leinster semi-final.[17]
- Tailteann Cup preliminary quarter-final exit to Wexford.[18]
Departure
[edit]On 2 August 2023, Murphy announced he would not continue in 2024.[19] Offaly GAA chair Michael Duignan praised his leadership.[20]
- ^ "GAA coach and former prison governor Murphy to manage Offaly". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "LaoisToday podcast: Martin Murphy on championship success, management career and looking to 2021". Laois Today. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Portarlington Rugby Club set to launch history on their 50th anniversary". Laois Today. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald". Wikipedia. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "About Us – Q Property Valuations". Q Property Valuations. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Gracefield GAA – Club History". Offaly GAA. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Stradbally end 23-year wait for Laois crown". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Watch: Sensational Scenes As Last-Minute Goal Denies Portlaoise A Tenth County Title In A Row". Balls.ie. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Fetherston, Sinann (15 August 2021). "Portarlington saunter to victory in delayed 2020 Laois final". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Portarlington claim second successive Laois SFC title". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Portarlington complete historic Laois SFC three-in-a-row". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Portarlington boss joins Offaly backroom team". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Offaly football manager Liam Kearns dies suddenly". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Murphy takes over Offaly after Kearns tragedy". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Emotional scenes as Offaly defeat Tipperary". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Offaly produce the best tribute to Liam Kearns". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Offaly's best Leinster run in 16 years ends in extra-time defeat". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Offaly fall to Wexford in Tailteann Cup". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Murphy steps down after Offaly's best Leinster run in 16 years". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Martin Murphy steps down as Offaly football manager". GAA.ie. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2025.