Dr Con Murphy: The GAA has made my life and I would be lost without it

‘Being mentally engaged as you grow older is critical, and talking with family and pals is something we must keep doing,’ Dr Con Murphy tells Colette Sheridan

Dr. Con Murphy at the CUH. Picture Dan Linehan

Going on seventy-two, the legendary Dr Con Murphy (physician to the GAA in Cork for forty-five years) says that he felt "young enough in my mind" to work until he was seventy. "I was enjoying it so I kept going."

When he finally retired from his practice on the Mardyke, he was able to hand over his patients to his son, Colm, a GP. "Colm is down the street from where I worked and on the day I retired, my computer company pressed a button and all my data went to Colm. It eased the pain of retiring and my patients were delighted. It was a big help to them."