Murphy keen to evoke UCC’s sporting spirit

HE may not have been much of a sportsman but noted historian John A Murphy has evoked many of memories of athletic prowess by bringing to life University College Cork’s sporting heritage in his latest book.

Published at the start of a year-long celebration of UCC’s acquisition of the Mardyke Athletic Grounds in December 1911, Emeritus Professor of Irish History and University Historian John A Murphy’s Where Finbarr Played: A Concise Illustrated History of Sport in University College Cork, 1911-2011 was launched by the author with the help of broadcaster Bill O’Herlihy.

“I was never all that interested in sport,” John A Murphy told the Irish Examiner.