P. A. Murphy

Patrick Aloysius Murphy, known as Weesh Murphy, was born on 21 June 1918 and died on 2 September 1973. He was an Irish Gaelic football player, selector and administrator. In a club career of over 20 years he played for several clubs in Cork and Dublin and had championship success in different grades with Bere Island, Lees Football Club and the divisional side Beara. At inter-county level he was full-back on the Cork senior football team that won the 1945 All-Ireland Championship, having earlier won the first of four Munster Championship medals, and he ended his career with a National League title. He was a regular for Munster over an eight-year period and won three Railway Cup medals, was later a team selector in several periods, and became involved in administration as chairman of the Cork County Board.