Frankly speaking... with Cork GAA Board secretary Frank Murphy

He has seen Páirc Uí Chaoimh through its various incarnations, and steered Cork GAA through both heady and turbulent times. Whenever Frank Murphy steps down as GAA Board secretary, it will bring to a close a truly remarkable era of administration on Leeside. But that’s only half the story.

Even in his 71st year, five and a half decades of that time spent at the bidding of the association, Frank Murphy is still planning ahead.

“I’m conscious of the legacy that will be left to the successor in this office, that this cannot be an albatross around Cork GAA’s neck into the future,” he says across the table in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.