Dinny Barry-Murphy

Dinny Barry-Murphy, who lived from 17 July 1903 to 21 August 1973, was an Irish hurler from Cloughduv, County Cork, who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team. He first played competitive hurling at St Finbarr's College, Farranferris, joined the Cork junior team at twenty and then the senior side, making his senior debut in the 1926 championship. A regular in the starting fifteen, he won four All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals, captained Cork to the All-Ireland title in 1929 and was an All-Ireland runner-up once. He played for the victorious Tailteann Games hurling team in 1932, won five Railway Cup medals with Munster, and at club level won a championship medal with Éire Óg while also playing with Cloughduv and St. Finbarr's. His brothers John, Barry and Neil all played for Cork, and his grand-nephew is Jimmy Barry-Murphy.