The Frank Murphy interview – on 46 years with Cork: ‘I think contrary to the picture, I am a democrat’
Former secretary was chief voice in Cork for over four decades and while not centre stage now he still airs frank views
Frank Murphy: 'Cork were only a point away from Limerick, and a point away from Clare, last year. They’re up with the standard. There may have been an element of complacency last Sunday.' Photo: Sportsfile
Frank Murphy, whose contribution to the GAA, according to Liam Mulvihill, won’t be fully appreciated until examined by future historians, is seated at a desk in an upstairs room at Páirc Uí Rinn, neatly framed by a commanding portrait of Christy Ring which dominates the wall behind him.
“It was a good acquisition,” he says of the ground formerly known as Flower Lodge, purchased while he was the Cork board’s full-time secretary, a position he retired from in 2019 after 46 years.
