| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Ailéin Ó Murchú | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||
| Born | (1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (age 29) Glenmore,County Kilkenny,Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Glenmore | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Limerick titles | 0 | ||
| College | |||
| Years | College | ||
2014-present | University of Limerick | ||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2017-present | Kilkenny | 9 (0-11) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:31, 17 July 2021. | |||
Alan Murphy (born 12 June 1996) is an Irishhurler who plays forKilkenny Intermediate Championship clubGlenmore and at inter-county level with theKilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a right corner-forward.
As a student at theUniversity of Limerick, Murphy immediately became involved in hurling and joined the college's freshers' hurling team in his first year. On 5 March 2015, he was selected at right corner-forward when the University of Limerick facedUniversity College Cork in the freshers' final. Murphy top scored with 1-14, including ten points from placed balls, and ended the game with a winners' medal following the 1-24 to 1-18 victory.[1]
Murphy joined theGlenmore club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before eventually joining the club's top adult team.
On 25 October 2015, Murphy won aKilkenny Junior Championship medal after scoring a point from play in a 1-12 to 2-06 defeat ofKilmacow in the final.[2] On 16 January 2016, he lined out at full-forward when Glenmore facedLusmagh in theLeinster final. Murphy scored a point from play and ended the game with awinners' medal following the 0-23 to 0-13 defeat ofLusmagh.[3] Murphy was switched to right corner-forward for theAll-Ireland final againstEoghan Rua on 7 February 2016. He top scored with 2-02 from play and collected anAll-Ireland medal following the 2-08 to 0-12 victory.[4]
Murphy was selected for theKilkenny minor team for the first time during the2013 Leinster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team on 20 April 2013 when he scored 1-07 in a 3-20 to 1-09 defeat ofLaois. On 7 July 2013, Murphy was at left corner-forward when Kilkenny faced Laois in theLeinster final. He scored 0-10 and ended the game with a winners' medal following the 1-18 to 0-08 victory.[5] Murphy ended the championship as the second-highest scorer with 4-45.
On 6 July 2014, Murphy lined out at left corner-forward when Kilkenny facedDublin in the Leinster final. He collected a second winners' medal after scoring 0-09 in the 2-19 to 2-10 victory.[6] On 7 September 2014, Murphy was switched to right corner-forward for theAll-Ireland final againstLimerick. He scored six points from frees and ended the game with awinners' medal following the 2-17 to 0-19 victory.[7] Murphy ended the championship as top scorer with 3-46.
Murphy was added to the Kilkenny under-21 panel prior to the start of the2016 Leinster Championship. He made his first appearance in that grade on 25 May 2016 when he lined out at full-forward in Kilkenny's 1-11 to 0-12 defeat byWestmeath.[8]
On 5 July 2017, Murphy won aLeinster Championship medal with the under-21 team after scoring five points from frees in 0-30 to 1-15 defeat of Wexford in the final.[9] On 9 September 2017, he started theAll-Ireland final against Limerick on the bench. Murphy was introduced as 25th-minute substitute and top scored for Kilkenny with five points in the 0-17 to 0-11 defeat.[10]
Murphy was added to the Kilkenny intermediate team in advance of theAll-Ireland final againstClare on 6 August 2016. He scored two points from frees from right wing-forward and collected awinners' medal following the 5-16 to 1-16 victory.[11]
Murphy made his first appearance for the Kilkenny senior team on 12 March 2017. He lined out at right corner-forward but was substituted in the 40th minute in Kilkenny's 3-14 to 2-17 draw withTipperary in theNational League.[12]
On 8 April 2018, Murphy was selected at right corner-forward when Kilkenny faced Tipperary in theNational League final. He was held scoreless for the entire game but collected awinners' medal following the 2-23 to 2-17 victory.[13]
Murphy made hisLeinster Championship debut on 11 May 2019 when he lined out at midfield in Kilkenny's 2-23 to 1-21 defeat of Dublin.[14] On 30 June 2019, Murphy was a late addition at right corner-forward when Kilkenny faced Wexford in theLeinster final. He scored a point from play but ended on the losing side following the 1-23 to 0-23 defeat.[15] On 18 August 2019, Murphy was an unused substitute when Kilkenny suffered a 3-25 to 0-20 defeat by Tipperary in theAll-Ireland final.[16]
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kilkenny Minor | 2013 | — | 5 | 4-35 | 1 | 0-10 | 6 | 4-45 | ||
| 2014 | — | 4 | 3-29 | 2 | 0-17 | 6 | 3-46 | |||
| Total | — | 9 | 7-64 | 3 | 0-27 | 12 | 7-91 | |||
| Kilkenny U21 | 2016 | — | 1 | 0-00 | — | 1 | 0-00 | |||
| 2017 | — | 3 | 1-21 | 2 | 0-09 | 5 | 1-30 | |||
| Total | — | 4 | 1-21 | 2 | 0-09 | 6 | 1-30 | |||
| Kilkenny Int. | 2016 | — | — | 1 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-01 | |||
| Total | — | — | 1 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-02 | ||||
| Kilkenny | 2017 | Division 1A | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0-16 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-16 | ||
| 2019 | 3 | 1-17 | 4 | 0-07 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 1-24 | ||
| 2020 | 5 | 1-32 | 2 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 8 | 1-33 | ||
| 2021 | Division 1B | 5 | 0-18 | 2 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-21 | |
| Total | 19 | 2-83 | 8 | 0-11 | 1 | 0-00 | 28 | 2-94 | ||
| Career total | 19 | 2-83 | 21 | 8-96 | 7 | 0-38 | 47 | 10-217 | ||