{{Short description|Down Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2024}} '''Odhran Murdock''' is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Burren and the Down county team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0203/1430254-murdock-on-double-as-indisciplined-limerick-pay-penalty/|title=Odhran Murdock on the double as indisciplined Limerick pay penalty against Down|publisher=RTÉ|first=Elaine|last=Ingram|date=3 February 2024}}</ref> His performances for Burren and Down led to interest from the Australian Football League, which invited him for trials.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2023/09/15/news/murdock_fully_committed_to_burren_championship_cause_despite_afl_interest-3616271/|title=Murdock 'fully committed' to Burren championship cause despite AFL interest|work=The Irish News|first=Neil|last=Loughran|date=15 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/down/jim-mccorry-waits-on-odhran-murdock-for-burrens-down-final-tie-with-kilcoo/a1340343359.html|title=Jim McCorry waits on Odhran Murdock for Burren's Down Final tie with Kilcoo|work=Belfast Telegraph|first=John|last=Campbell|date=11 October 2023}}</ref>
Murdock won an Ulster Under-20 Football Championship title in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/2023/04/26/news/_it_was_sort_of_taken_out_of_our_hands_murdock_delighted_to_help_down_across_u20_line-3237437/|title='It was sort of taken out of our hands': Murdock delighted to help Down across U20 line|work=The Irish News|first=Neil|last=Loughran|date=26 April 2023}}</ref> This was after Down senior manager Conor Laverty expressed interest in using him for a 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship game if he was not playing for the county's under-20 team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/down-boss-conor-laverty-keeping-an-open-mind-on-odhran-murdocks-availability/1571834766.html|title=Down boss Conor Laverty keeping an open mind on Odhran Murdock's availability|work=Belfast Telegraph|first=John|last=Campbell|date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
Eventually joining up again with the Down senior team, Murdock scored a penalty in the 84th minute of the 2024 Tailteann Cup semi-final to send Down through to the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c5111g7eyyyo|title=Tailteann Cup: Odhran Murdock's extra-time penalty edges Down past 14-man Sligo at Croke Park|publisher=BBC|first=Orla|last=Bannon|date=23 June 2024}}</ref>
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