Paul Murphy (born 27 January 1989) is an Irish hurler who plays for Intermediate Championship club Danesfort.

He is a former player with the Kilkenny senior hurling team, with whom he made 94 league and championship appearances in a decade-long inter-county career.

[4] On 16 October 2011, Murphy lined out at left wing-back when Danesfort faced Rower-Inistioge in the Kilkenny Intermediate Championship final.

On 2 July 2006, he won a Leinster Championship medal from right wing-back following Kilkenny's 4-22 to 1-05 defeat of Carlow in the final.

[7] He retained his position at right corner-back for the All-Ireland final against Tipperary on 14 September 2008 and ended the game with a winners' medal after a 2-13 to 0-15 victory.

On 15 July 2009, Murphy won a second successive Leinster Championship medal after lining out at right corner-back in the 2-20 to 1-19 defeat of Dublin in the final.

He made his first appearance for the team on 6 March 2011 when lined out at left wing-back in a 2-16 to 0-17 defeat of Wexford.

Murphy made his Leinster Championship debut on 11 June 2011 when he lined out at right corner-back in a 1-26 to 1-15 defeat of Wexford.

On 3 July 2011, he won a Leinster Championship medal from left wing-back following Kilkenny's 4-17 to 1-15 defeat of Dublin in the final.

[16] On 6 May 2012, Murphy won a National League medal when he lined out at right corner-back in Kilkenny's 3-21 to 0-16 defeat of Cork in the final.

[19] He retained his position for the replay on 30 September 2012 and claimed a second successive winners' medal following Kilkenny's 3-22 to 3-11 victory.

[21] On 4 May 2014, Murphy was selected right corner-back when Kilkenny faced Tipperary in a second successive National League final.

[29] Murphy won a fourth Leinster Championship medal on 3 July 2016 following a 1-26 to 0-22 defeat of Galway in the final.

[33] On 30 June 2019, Murphy was selected at right corner-back when Kilkenny qualified to play Wexford in the Leinster final.

He was part of the team who won the 2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship when they overcame New York in the final.

[42] On 1 March 2014, Murphy lined out at right corner-back when Leinster faced Connacht in the Railway Cup final.