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my murphy family was found in the 1901 ccensus of dublin

residents of a house 172 in leeson park avenue raithmines and rathgar east dublin

kelly mary age 6 famale grand daughter born dublin r.catholic scolar

greeg maria 49 female head of family born monaghan church of ireland widow,

murphy anne 50 female servant  born wicklow r,catholic married

murphy john 51 male stableman born dublin,married

murphy michael 14 male son born blackrock dublin r.catholic scolar

murphy thomas 11 male son born blackrock dublin r.catholic scolar

murphy patrick 19 male son born blackrock dublin r,catholic van  driver not married

murphy john 25 male son born blackrock dublin r,catholic van driver not married

john murphy died 4th april 1901,mrs anne murphy informed glasnevin cemetry of his death buried in glasnevin cemetry

as i could not find a lot more about themurphy family the genealogy of ireland came to my rescue informing me that 

donhnall spainneach mac murrough caomhanach the last king of leinster ,his son was the very first murphy in ireland ,as murrough caomhananach changed his name to murphy ,using the murr and adding a y,

so if you was to start looking for your grand father john murphy born ireland 1850,

start at criomthann mac murchadha mac murrough caomhanach 1557 to 1582 father of the last king of leinster

then go to his son domhnall spainneach mac murrough caomhanach1595 1632

then follow the family tree to your own, 

Tuesday 8th Jul 2014, 09:49AM

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  • Good luck with your research Bob

    Best wishes

    Clare Doyle

    Genealogy Support 

    Friday 11th Jul 2014, 12:57PM
  • in the next week or two will be going to dublin genealogy library kirdale street dublin ,i amwuillingto pay ,so we will see what we can find out,i will let you know

    just been told not, sure though, that the last murphy in blarney castle was john murphy 1700 to 1770 who goes back to the last king of leinster,and there is a book of his family ,naming the murphys,and on the blarney walls there use to be paintings of the murphy family,worth looking up,never know,   

    Friday 11th Jul 2014, 02:37PM

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