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Origin Displayed: Irish
Origins Available: Irish-2, Irish
Spelling variations include: Murphy, Morchoe, O'Murphy, Murfie, Murfree, Morfie, Morfey and many more.
First found in county Wexford where they held a family seat from very early times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alexander, Andrew, Antony, Bernard, Cornelius, Daniel, David, Denis, Edward, Elizabeth, Ellen, Francis, George, Henry, Hugh, James, Jeremiah, John, Joseph, Margaret, Mary, Michael, Patrick, Owen, Peter, Robert, Thomas, Timothy and William Murphy, all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860.
(Above is a small excerpt from our 1800 word history)
Motto Translated: Brave and hospitable.
Suggested Readings for the name murphy
The Ancestors and Descendants of Simon Jones and Ann M. (Dorr) Murphy by Marjorie Barnes Thompson, Early Murphy's, Murpheys in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Robertson and Carroll Counties, Tennessee by Marion Emerson Murphy.
Some noteworthy people of the name murphy
Morg murphy (1867-1938) American baseball player
Dervla murphy (contemporary) Irish travel writer
Dale murphy (1956-) American baseball player
Graeme murphy (1951-) Australian dancer
Audie murphy (1924-1971) American actor
Michael murphy (1938-) American actor
Bridey murphy (19th c) Irish previous incarnation of "Virginia Tighe Morrow"
Ben murphy (1942-) American actor
Edward Regan murphy (1961-) American comedian
Turk murphy (1915-1987) jazz musician
Arthur murphy (1727-1805) Irish actor
Graeme murphy (1951-) Australian dancer
William Parry murphy (1892-) American physician
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