MICHAEL Murphy Snr was inducted into the Hall of Fame last Saturday evening for his involvement with show jumping for the past 69 years. Mikey is a former master of the South County Hunt, a farmer from Rathcoole, Co Dublin.

In the 1960s, he jumped and was involved in running the South County Dublin Show during its time in Rathcoole. His father, Leo, was a committee member of the Old Bawn, Tempelogue, Kimmage Manor Shows at which all his family competed.