TS-EMOG-0124

Record Date:

25 May 2015

Graveyard:

Emly

Exact wording of epitaph:

I.H.S.

ERECTED BY

HANORA MURPHY,

BALLYVISTEA,

IN MEMORY OF

HER GOOD HUSBAND,

MICHAEL MURPHY,

WHO DIED MAY 9^TH 1884,

AGED 74 YEARS.

PRAY FOR THEIR SIX SONS

WHO ARE BURIED HERE.

R.I.P.

Memorial Type:

Cross

Grave location

County:

Tipperary

Latitude:

52.462451666667

Longitude:

-8.3517199722222

Additional details

Stonecutter/monumental sculptor:

E. O'Connell - Old Abbey St, Cork.

Inscription legible:

Yes

Number of people commemorated:

People commemorated:

Name:

Hanora

Surname:

Murphy

Address:

Ballyvistea

Name:

Michael

Surname:

Murphy

Date of birth - year:

1810

Date of death - day:

Date of death - month:

May

Date of death - year:

1884

Age:

Relationship with first person:

Husband

Notes:

A kerbed memorial with a cross on top.

Ballyvistea, Emly.

NB. Bottom of memorial and it's base are cracked.

NB. Maiden name of Hanora Murphy was Creed.

Family born were Ellen Murphy 1840, John 1842, Michael 1843, John 1845, Thomas (1853 -1921), Edmond 1858 & Dermot 1861.

Michael Murphy ( 1810-1884 ) & Hanora Creed (1820-1892) , parents of Thomas Murphy (1853 -1921) who married Johanna Moore and who is remembered at memorial number 0125.

NB. Wife of Thomas Murphy who died March 1921 was Johanna Moore (1853-1895), a native of Gortnakistin,Oola parish, Co. Limerick. Her father was John Moore, a farmer. Her mother was Anne Ryan, a native of Carrigbeg, Doon, Co. Limerick. John Moore & Anne Ryan were married in Doon RC, Co. Limerick on the 26th Feb 1843.

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 ( Willie ) 1943-2025 & 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 Ainsworth, brother Willie Murphy, son in law Adam Ainsworth, grandsons Harry & Tom, brother in law John O'Keeffe, sister in law Mai Murphy.

Jack's brother William P ( Willie ) Murphy 1943-2025, married Mai-Hoa Truong in London in 1974. He died on Dec 7th 2025. His obituary reads as follows :

The death has occurred of William P ( Willie ) Murphy of Finchley, London and formerly Of Ballyvistea, Emly, Co. Tipperary & Ballinora, Waterfall, Co. Cork. He passed away peacefully in Gloucester Royal Hospital on the morning of Sunday 7th December 2025. He is predeceased by his siblings Tom Murphy, Mick Murphy, Josie Mai O'Neill, Jack Murphy and Margaret O'Keefe.

Willie will be sadly missed by his wife Mai-Hoa Murphy, his children Tara, David, Erin and Liam Murphy, grandchildren, nephews Eamon, David and Michael O'Neill and niece Joanne Ainsworth and brother in law John O'Keefe.Willie will be cremated on Tuesday 23rd December at 2.30pm in Willow Chapel, Cheltenham crematorium. As per his wishes, there will be a Requiem mass and interment of his ashes at St. Ailbes Church, Emly, at a later date. His ashes were interred at this memorial on Wed April 8th 2026.

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.