A few weeks before Carlow's Leinster SFC first round encounter with local rivals Laois, Murphy informed Turlough O'Brien that he was leaving the panel in order to travel to New York City for the summer. As it turned out, he would not have been able to participate anyway as he was injured very shortly afterwards. Missing Murphy and Broderick, Carlow offered little attacking threat against Laois, and the hosts were comprehensively beaten on a score of 3-16 to 0-8. A few weeks later, their interests in the 2015 championship was brought to an end in Longford (2-16 to 1-8).