Murray, Paul Finbarre (1905–81), rugby player, was born 29 June 1905 in Sandycove, Dublin, one of nine children of Hugh C. Murray, chief transfer clerk of the Great Northern Railway, and Josephine A. Murray (née Farrell). Educated at Blackrock College and the RCSI, he became a consultant anaesthetist at the Richmond Hospital, and established private medical and dental practices at 27 Westland Row.
A member of the Wanderers rugby club, of which he was club captain in 1926–7, he won eleven inter-provincial caps for Leinster and nineteen international caps for Ireland during 1927–33: seven at scrum-half, six at out-half, and six in the centre, scoring a total of thirty-three points, including four conversions in one game against South Africa (1932). He won his first cap for Ireland against France in 1927 after impressing international selectors when he deputised as scrum-half for Ulster in a game against Leinster; he had attended the game as a spectator, but was asked to play when the regular Ulster scrum-half sustained an injury. For most of his international career he competed for the scrum-half position with Mark Sugden (qv), only becoming established at the position in 1931 when Sugden retired; in the meantime he was selected at both out-half and centre. In 1930 he scored a drop goal in Ireland's 4–3 win over England. In the same year he was one of five Irish players selected in the British and Irish Lions squad that toured Australia and New Zealand. To finance the trip he performed circumcisions on male babies at the Richmond Hospital, for which he was paid extra. Selected at centre for the Lions, he took over at scrum-half after an injury to England's W. H. Sobey. Retiring as a player in 1934, he was president of the Leinster branch of the IRFU (1935), an Irish international selector (1935–7), president of Wanderers (1943), and president of the IRFU (1965–6). He was also an accomplished golfer, winning the south of Ireland championship in 1940. Paul Murray died 1 June 1981 at his home, 10 Anglesea Road, Dublin.
He married (12 February 1936) Rachel Hanlon in Donnybrook, Dublin; they had two sons and two daughters. His wife played for Ireland in home international golf matches in 1952; his daughter Oonagh represented Ireland at hockey; and his son John Brendan played tennis and rugby for Ireland, winning an international rugby cap against France in 1964.