[1] Before becoming a priest Murphy was a member of the team that won the 1941 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.
[3] He served in Peru then as head teacher of St Finbarr's College, Farranferris.
[4] He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross on 1 April 1976 and was consecrated its diocesan on 23 August 1980.
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