TS-EMOG-0125

Record Date: 
25 May 2015
Graveyard: 
Emly
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

 DAVID  MURPHY, BALLYVISTEA,

DIED  AUG  17  1964, AGED  69 YRS.

HIS WIFE, JOSIE MURPHY,

DIED  JAN  11  1964, AGED  55 YRS.

HIS  FATHER, THOMAS  MURPHY,

DIED  MARCH  10  1921, AGED  67 YRS.

HIS BROTHER, MICHAEL  MURPHY,

DIED  OCT  24  1912, AGED  20 YRS

AND SISTER, NORA  MOLONEY,

DIED  JAN  27  1978, AGED  87  YRS.

THEIR DAUGHTER, JOSIE  MAI  O’NEILL,

 DIED  JULY  16  2007, AGED  77 YRS. 

 R.I.P.

Memorial Type: 
Kerbed stone/memorial
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.462458333333
Longitude: 
-8.3517216666667
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Hanley - Emly
Number of people commemorated: 
6
People commemorated: 
Name: 
David
Surname: 
Murphy
Date of birth - year: 
1895
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1964
Age: 
69
Address: 
Ballyvistea
Name: 
Josie
Surname: 
Murphy
Date of birth - year: 
1909
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1964
Age: 
55
Relationship with first person: 
Wife
Name: 
Thomas
Surname: 
Murphy
Date of birth - year: 
1854
Date of death - day: 
10
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1921
Age: 
67
Relationship with first person: 
Father
Name: 
Michael
Surname: 
Murphy
Date of birth - year: 
1892
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1912
Age: 
30
Relationship with first person: 
Brother
Name: 
Nora
Surname: 
Moloney
Date of birth - year: 
1891
Date of death - day: 
27
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1978
Age: 
87
Relationship with first person: 
Sister
Name: 
Josie Mai
Surname: 
O'Neill
Date of birth - year: 
1930
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
2007
Age: 
77
Relationship with first person: 
Daughter
Notes: 

Ballyvistea, Emly.

NB. Wife of Thomas Murphy who died March 1921 was Johanna  Moore  (1853-1895), a native of Gurtnakilleen, Pallasgrean, Co. Limerick. Her father was John Moore, a farmer.

Children born to Thomas Murphy & Johanna Moore were Hanora (Nora)  Murphy (1890-1978), Michael (1892-1912), John 1894  &  David (1895-1964).

David  Murphy  (1895-1964)  married  Johanna  ( Josie )  Connors (1908 - 1964),  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas Connors  &  Margaret  Bradshaw  of  Duncummin, Emly  on  the  21-08-1926  in  Emly RC. 

Their family included Thomas Murphy 1927, Josie Mai 1930-2007, Michael J 1935-1998, John J (Jack) 1940-2020, William P 1943 & Margaret E 1944.

John J (Jack)  Murphy 1940-2020 died in Twickenham , London on the 13th Nov 2020. At the time of his death, he was predeceased  by his brothers Tom & Mick, sisters Josie Mai O'Neill & Margaret. Jack was survived by his loving daughter Joanne, brother Willie Murphy, son in law Adam, grandsons Harry & Tom, brother in law John O'Keeffe, sister in law Mai Murphy,

Thomas  Connors, son  of  farmer Thomas Connors of  Duncummin  &  Margaret  Bradshaw, daughter of Thomas &  Anne  Bradshaw  of  Cullen  were  married  in  Cullen  RC,  Co. Tipperary  on  the  27-02-1906.

Siblings of  Josie  Murphy , nee Connors (1908-1964)  included  Thomas Connors  1911,  Annie  1912 -1928, Kate  1914 , Joseph  1915  & John 1918.  Mystery  surrounded  the death of  Annie  Connors  ( 1912 -1928 ) at  Duncummin, Emly  and  her father Thomas Connors  stood  trial  in relation to same but was found not guilty.  He claimed  that she had been attacked  and  killed by their cow.

NB.  Hanora  (Nora)  Murphy, 1890 -1978, married Matthew Moloney,  son of  Matthew Moloney &  Mary Carroll  in  Emly  RC  on the 26-06-1929 . They lived next door to the Creamer family in Ballyvistea.