Denis Murphy (Cork hurler)

Denis Murphy, who lived from 1939 to 6 September 2025, was an Irish hurler from Donoughmore, County Cork, who played as a left corner-back at senior level for the Cork county team. He first played competitive hurling at St Colman's College, joined the Cork junior team at twenty and made his senior debut in the 1960 championship. A regular in the starting fifteen, he won one All-Ireland medal, two Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal and was an All-Ireland runner-up once. He won two Railway Cup medals with Munster, and at club level is a one-time Munster medallist with St Finbarr's, with two championship medals after beginning with Grenagh. He made 26 championship appearances before retiring after the 1969 championship and was later a selector with the Cork senior team during their three-in-a-row of All-Ireland successes between 1976 and 1978.