# Charlie Murtagh

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{{Short description|Rugby union player from Northern Ireland}}
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| name           = Charlie Murtagh
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| full_name      = Charles William Murtagh
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1949|08|30|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Lurgan](/source/Lurgan), Co. Armagh,<br />Northern Ireland
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| height         = 6 ft 4 in
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| position       = Lock
| repyears1      = 1977
| repteam1       = {{nrut|Ireland}}
| repcaps1       = 1
| reppoints1     = 0
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'''Charles William Murtagh''' (born 30 August 1949) is a former Ireland [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) international from Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Murtagh on a birthday comeback |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005119/19840830/210/0012 |work=[Belfast News-Letter](/source/Belfast_News-Letter) |date=30 August 1984}}</ref>

Born in [Lurgan](/source/Lurgan), Murtagh was a lock who played for [Dungannon](/source/Dungannon_RFC), [Portadown](/source/Portadown_RFC) and [Ulster](/source/Ulster_Rugby). He gained his only [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team) cap in a match against [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) at Murrayfield during the [1977 Five Nations Championship](/source/1977_Five_Nations_Championship).<ref>{{cite news |title=Charlie Murtagh back in Ulster team for Galway |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005119/19771102/277/0014 |work=[Belfast News-Letter](/source/Belfast_News-Letter) |date=2 November 1977}}</ref>

Murtagh coached Portadown in the late 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |title='Derby' clash will be a bit special |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002341/19890122/356/0048 |work=[Sunday Life](/source/Sunday_Life_(newspaper)) |date=22 January 1989}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of Ireland national rugby union players](/source/List_of_Ireland_national_rugby_union_players)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|8667}}

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Category:1949 births
Category:Living people
Category:Irish rugby union players
Category:Ireland international rugby union players
Category:Ulster Rugby players
Category:Dungannon RFC players
Category:Rugby union locks
Category:Rugby union players from County Armagh
Category:Sportspeople from Lurgan

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