The character was based on Los Angeles anchormen Hal Fishman and Jerry Dunphy.

Dunphy was proud of the fact that Brockman was based on him and would tell people that he was Kent Brockman.

The genesis of the national park was a proposal by early conservationist Myles Dunphy for a Greater Blue Mountains National Park in 1932.

Dunphy lobbied for the stand to be preserved upon becoming aware of plans to log the area, but was unsuccessful and the area was logged in the 1920s and 30s.

In the twelfth round of the fight, the TV announcer, Don Dunphy, said, " This is probably be the tamest round of the entire fight " just before Griffith hit Paret twenty-nine times in a row, and eighteen times in six seconds, when Paret was lying against the ropes before referee Ruby Goldstein stopped the fight.

However, The Dunphy Show failed to achieve expected viewership figures and was scrapped in December 2003 after 14 episodes.

It was at Millwall that Dunphy made the most impact ; he was considered an intelligent and skillful player in Millwall's midfield.

Dunphy was originally intended to be in charge of youth development.

In 2003, Dunphy was hired again by TV3 to host their new Friday night chat show, entitled The Dunphy Show.

Subsequent to his departure from Newstalk 106 Dunphy confirmed he was suffering from a viral illness.

Dunphy was repeatedly critical of Michel Platini during the 1982 World Cup, claiming that Platini was overrated as a player.

Dunphy was a harsh critic of Jack Charlton, Ireland's most successful national team manager.

After Ireland's tough away win against Cyprus on 5 September 2009, Dunphy stated: " The performance over 90 minutes was depressing ; it exposed the limitations of the coach's philosophy.

Dunphy blasted Giovanni Trapattoni as " amateurish and arrogant " and said Ireland's performance against the Czech Republic on 29 February 2012 was " embarrassing ".

The opening programme received relatively good reviews, with Shane Hegarty of The Irish Times stating that " while there was little of the controversial Dunphy on show, there remained a real edge about the TV3 host.

In November it was announced that the show would be going off-air for a six week break at Christmas due to commercial reasons and for contractual reasons with Dunphy.

On 5 December 2003, exactly three months to the day since the show began, TV3 announced that it was cancelling The Dunphy Show.

The Dunphy Show was broadcast for the last time on 12 December 2003.

It was during De Rossa's period as leader of Democratic Left that Irish journalist Eamon Dunphy, writing in the Sunday Independent newspaper, published an article alleging that De Rossa was aware, while a member of the Workers ' Party, of the Official IRA's alleged illegal activities, including bank robberies and forgery.

Kevin Sharkey had a serious disagreement with the other " farmhands ", as they were called, and subsequently refused to appear with them on The Late Late Show after the series, instead appearing on rival chat show The Dunphy Show.

* Graeme Dunphy, " Meena's Mockingbird: From Harper Lee to Meera Syal ", in Neophilologus 88, 2004, 637-59.

* " Dunphy leaves Penn, takes over at Temple ", The Philadelphia Inquirer / Associated Press, April 10, 2006

Dunphy did not break into the first team at United and subsequently left to play for York City, Millwall, Charlton Athletic and Reading.

Dunphy wrote a diary of his 1973 – 4 season which began well for him at second division Millwall but subsequently ended in disillusionment.

However, despite an FAI Cup winners medal in 1978 ( his only medal in senior football ) and 2 appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup, Dunphy became disillusioned with the Irish game and dropped out of football altogether to concentrate on a career in journalism.

" Dunphy also summed up how he felt about the type of play: " When kids see Lionel Messi, Steven Gerrard or Ronaldo they want to go out in the park and do what they ’ ve seen the guys do the night before.

* Dunphy after Liverpool Barcelona game YouTube – Video of Dunphy's outburst against Liverpool after knocking Barcelona out of Champions League, March 2007

Former presenters of Radio Ireland / Today FM include Philip Boucher-Hayes, Mark Byrne, Mark Cagney, Enda Caldwell, Breffni Clack, Alison Curtis ( The Last Splash and The Alison Curtis Show featuring Mister Ed Smith ), Tom Dunne ( Pet Sounds ), Eamon Dunphy ( original presenter of The Last Word ), Bob Gallico, Tommy Greene, Anne-Marie Hourihan ( originally Eamon Dunphy's co-host ), Bill Hughes, Robbie Irwin ( weekend sports programs presenter ), Mark Kavanagh ( dance show ), Ann Marie Kelly, John Kelly, Stephen Keogh, Tracey Lee, Nails Mahoney ( briefly ), Marty Miller ( now rockin ' out on Radio Nova 100FM ) the late Dermot Morgan, Paddy Murray and Liam Mackey ( Murray and Mackey ), Ian Noctor ( newsreader who also for a period presented Dad Rock ) Ed Myers, Paul Power, Ita Ryan ( The Celtic Reel ), John Ryan ( original presenter of The Sunday Supplement ), Donal Scannell, Jon Troy ( Between The Sheets-love songs ), and Karl Tsigdinos ( The River of Soul ).

Early conservationists Myles Dunphy and Herb Gallop went on bushwalks in the region from 1912 onwards.

In autumn 2003, The Late Late Show had a competitor in the Friday evening time slot, with the arrival of competing television chat programme, The Dunphy Show, hosted by controversial broadcaster Eamon Dunphy on RTÉ's main rival TV3.

In 2010, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on the ABC TV series Modern Family as Phil Dunphy's father, Frank Dunphy.

Between 2004 and 2006, Dunphy presented the breakfast programme on Dublin's local Newstalk 106 radio station before it became a national broadcaster.

Dunphy continues to write a column on football for the Irish Daily Star newspaper.

After retiring from the game, Dunphy first began writing on football for the Sunday Tribune and then contributing regular columns on both football and current events for the Sunday Independent.

Since the mid-1980s, Dunphy has regularly appeared as an analyst during football coverage on Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ ).

In 2001, Dunphy became the first male host of the quiz show The Weakest Link, which aired on TV3, for just one series.

Dunphy is the first presenter of a made-for-mobile TV show on the 3 mobile network in Ireland.

In September 2004, Dunphy took over The Breakfast Show slot on the Dublin radio station Newstalk 106 from David McWilliams.

Dunphy rejoined Newstalk but left again in 2011 " due to interference from management and a push to put a more positive spin on the news ".

Dunphy is also noted for his unique and controversial views on football, views which he regularly broadcasts on RTÉ.

During Staunton's reign as Ireland manager, Dunphy once posed the question on television: " Would you let him drive the train to Cork?

During an interview with presidential candidates Martin McGuinness and Gay Mitchell, Dunphy admitted his support on air for McGuinness.

The deceased satirist Dermot Morgan, known to international audiences as Father Ted, did a much admired Eamon Dunphy impression on the satirical radio show Scrap Saturday.

Dunphy married RTÉ Commissioning Editor Jane Gogan, his partner of 18 years, at the Unitarian Church on St Stephen's Green on 24 September 2009.