Dickie Murphy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Risteard Ó Murchú | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | Enniscorthy, County Wexford | ||
| Nickname | Dickie | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Raparees | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1970s-1980s | Wexford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
Richard 'Dickie' Murphy (born 1961 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford) is an Irish hurling referee and former player. He played hurling with his local club Raparees and with the Wexford senior inter-county team in the 1970s and 1980s. Murphy is regarded asone of the best and most popular referees on the inter-county scene. He is married to Jacquie Murphy (née Doyle) and has three sons Cathal, Brian and Ruairi.
Murphy played his club hurling with his local Raparees club in Enniscorthy. A talented player, he was a substitute on the team which won its only senior county title in 1978. Murphy was still a member of the Raparees team that reached the county senior final in 1993, however, they lost to Cloughbawn on that occasion. He continued to line out for the club at Junior 'B' level until 2000.
Murphy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Wexford minor hurling team in the late 1970s. He enjoyed little success in this grade as Kilkenny dominated the provincial championship. In 1978 Murphy was also a member of the Wexford under-21 team and he helped the Slaneysiders to victory over arch rivals Kilkenny in the Leinster decider. He later played senior hurling for Wexford, winning Walsh Cup and Oireachtas winners' medals, however, he was unable to establish himself in the championship team.
Murphy's career as a referee began when he was just twenty-four years-old. In 1985 he took charge of his first major game when he officiated at the Wexford Senior Hurling Championship final between Buffer's Alley and Faythe Harriers. Murphy went on to referee further Wexford county finals in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1997.
Murphy joined the inter-county panel of referees in 1987, firstly taking charge of National Hurling League Division 2 games before progressing to Division 1 fixtures the following year. His first big game came in early 1988 when he refereed the Division 1 clash of Tipperary and Limerick in Semple Stadium, Thurles.
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