Liam Hinphey

Liam Hinphey (born 15 August 1984)[1] is a dual player of Gaelic games who plays Gaelic football and hurling for the Derry GAA, with whom he has won the National Football League title and Nicky Rackard Cup (hurling).

Liam Hinphey
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Right half back
Hurling Position: Center half back
Born (1984-08-15) 15 August 1984
Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Occupation Student[1]
Club(s)
Years Club
?-Present
?-Present
 Dungiven (F)
Kevin Lynch's (H)
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Derry titles - 5
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2006-
2003-2008
2009-
 Derry (F)
Derry (H)
Inter-county titles
  Football Hurling
Ulster Titles 0 -0
All-Ireland Titles 0 0
League titles 1 0
All-Stars 0 0

Hinphey plays his club football for St Canice's GAC Dungiven and club hurling for Kevin Lynch's, with whom he has won five Derry Senior Hurling Championships.

Early and family life

Hinphey is from Dungiven in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His father (also Liam) is from hurling stronghold of Kilkenny in the Republic of Ireland, playing for the James Stephens club,[2] one of the most successful hurling clubs of all time and had a big influence on his hurling career. Liam Óg's brother Kevin also plays hurling for Derry.[3] He is a cousin of two-time Derry All Star Joe Brolly.[2]

Football career

Inter-county

Hinphey was first called up to the Derry Senior football panel in November 2005 for the 2006 season.[4] He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.[5][6] Hinphey missed the first round of the 2008 Ulster Senior Football Championship against Donegal with a pelvic injury (osteo pubis), and was expected to be sidelined for the rest of the season.[7] However, early detection and appropriate treatment saw him make a quicker than expected recovery and made his club return in the Derry Championship against Bellaghy on 1 July.[7][8] He has opted out of the 2009 panel, as he will be traveling around Australia for six months from March 2009 to September 2009.[9]

Club

Hinphey plays his club football for St Canice's Dungiven and won the Derry ACFL Division 2 in 2007. He returned from Australia in late July in time for the latter stages of the 2009 Derry Championship.[10]


School/college

A relative late-comer to football, Hinphey won the MacRory and Hogan Cups in 2003 with St. Pat's Maghera.

Hurling

Inter-county

Hinphey won the Ulster Minor Hurling Championship with Derry minors in 2001.[11] He made his Senior Derry debut when 18 years old against Kerry in 2003.[3] Hinphey has represented Derry, Ulster and even captained Ireland at Under 21 level in hurling.[2] He was part of Derry's 2006 Nicky Rackard Cup winning side.[3] He opted out of the Derry hurling side for the 2008 season to concentrate on football.[12] He returned to the hurling panel in 2009, but was only available for the first two rounds of the National Hurling League, as he decided to travel Australia from March.[13] Having arrived in Sydney he signed for the Sydney Shamrocks Hurling club and played brilliantly at centre back as they won the first NSW competition of the year, the Central Coast tournament.

While travelling in Australia he played for ?.

Club

Hinphey had a highly successful underage career with Kevin Lynchs,[3] for example winning the Ulster Minor Club Hurling Championship with the club in 2002.[14] This success has continued at Senior level. Hinphey has won five Derry hurling Championships with the club (2003,[3] 2004,[3] 2006,[3] 2007 and 2008). He returned from Australia in late July in time for the latter stages of the 2009 Derry Championship.[10]

School/college

Hinphey won the Mageenan Cup on 1/2? occasions with St Pat's.

Province

Hinphey has represented Ulster in the Railway Cup and was captain of the province in 2009.[10]

Honours

Inter-county

Club
  • Derry ACFL Division 2:
    • Winner (1): 2007
  • Underage competitions

School

County

Club

School

Individual
  • Ulster Colleges Hurling All-Star:
    • Winner (1?): 2003

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References
  1. "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
  2. Niblock, Thomas (12 January 2006). "No resting on laurels for Derry's dual star". The Irish News.
  3. Mullan, Seamus (2007). "Hinphey a dual in the Derry crown". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  4. "Crozier names much-changed panel". BBC. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  5. "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report". RTÉ Online. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
  6. "Derry 2-13 Kerry 2-09 2008 National League Final report - Derry GAA website". Derry GAA website. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
  7. Crossan, Brendan (3 July 2008). "Hinphey set to return". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
  8. "Hinphey set to return to Derry fold". Hogan Stand. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
  9. O'Kane, Cahair (6 January 2009). "Liam Óg set for Oz". County Derry Post. p. 64.
  10. "Hinphey fillip for Dungiven". Hogan Stand. Lynn Publications. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  11. "Runaway victory for Galway's minors as Derry run out of steam". Irish Examier. 30 July 2001.
  12. O'Kane, Cahair (11 March 2008). "Hinphey leaves Derry hurling panel". County Derry Post. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  13. Loughran, Neil (6 February 2009). "Oaks want fast start". The Irish News. p. 48.
  14. McGrath, Pete (10 October 2008). "Greatest ever corner back?". Gaelic Life. p. 26.
  15. "Determined to make up for last final flop". Gaelic Life. 26 October 2007. p. 43.
  16. "Hogan Stand results - June 2002". Hogan Stand. Lynn Publications. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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