Barry’s bronze makes it week to savour for Murphy family

It looks like Barry Murphy has surely claimed bragging rights in the family home in Dublin this Christmas.

Six days after brother Daithí won a Leinster club senior football championship medal with St Vincent’s, Barry upped the ante by claiming bronze with a stunning effort in the 50m breaststroke final at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Herning, Denmark on Saturday night.

“I’m not sure if I’ll have the bragging rights,” laughed Murphy yesterday. “It has been an incredible few days. The family were down for the game against Portlaoise last week and that was a great result.”