Sports hall to commemorate young hurler

MICHAEL MURPHY was just 18 when he died following a freak hurling accident in south-east Clare three years ago.

The tragic death happened during an U21 match when Michael collapsed after being struck by a hurley on the neck as he tried to hook an attempted clearance. He died from a burst aneurysm.

Today Junior Transport Minister Jim McDaid will turn the sod in Michael’s native Cratloe at a new community sports hall being built in his memory.