Hermitage Green stumbled into a music career but they haven't looked back
Barry Murphy might, from the outside, appear to have lived a charmed existence. Before starting rock band Hermitage Green, the Limerick native was a professional rugby player with the Munster franchise. He scored against New Zealand in 2008, and was a key member of a Heineken Cup winning squad. Now he’s lead singer with one of the country’s most beloved new groups. Talk about having it all.
“It’s different when you’re in the middle of it, “ says Murphy. “I wasn’t the best rugby player in the world — but I was fortunate to share the dressing room with some of the best players. I wouldn’t have been half as good without them. It’s the same with the band — I’m lucky to have four bandmates with drive, passion and vision.”
