Castletownbere, County Cork

Part of: Beara Peninsula / West Cork / County Cork / Ireland

Also: Castletownbere, Castletown Berehaven, Castletown-Berehaven, CTB

Principal town on the Beara peninsula, County Cork. Locus of the 1846 Times famine clipping (1846-12-31), the 1881 Reynolds case (multiple Dec 1881 clippings), and explicit point-of-origin for the Sullivan-Kelly schoolmates wedding in Butte 1911 (1911-09-09_butte-daily-post_sullivan-kelly-castletownbere- wedding-st-lawrences). The 1922 St Patrick's banquet attendee list named multiple "Cork, Ireland" emigrants among the JJM cluster; Castletownbere is one of the more specific origin points documented. Same place as the older place_berehaven vocab entry — the two are kept separate because period sources use both forms and the distinction can matter for citation precision.

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Sources at this place (22)

1838-02-09 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West Roots Ireland1838 Shea-Sullivan marriage at Allihies (Beara peninsula)
Roman Catholic parish marriage record from Allihies, west Beara peninsula. **Date is 1838, not 1938** (the inbox filename mislabel led to a quick re-check; orig…
1865-06-09 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of CastletownMarriage of Myles Lyne (widower) and Margaret Shea alias Sullivan (widow) of Ardgroom, 9 June 1865
Entry 10 of four 1865 marriages registered together on this page. **Myles Lyne** (Full age, **Widower**, Farmer, of [Letterfinneen?], father **Jeremiah Lyne**, …
1866-02 — Ireland Civil Registry of Births — District of Kilcatherine, Union of Castletown, Co. Cork1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register page — contains a Hanley-maiden-name entry (pending vision pass)
Single certified-true-copy page from the 1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register. User-labeled "Katherine Hanley 1866 Birth Register" — suggests this page contains …
1872-05-10 — Ireland Civil Registry of Deaths — District of Kilcatherine, Union of Castletown, Co. CorkMyles Lyne (Sr.) civil death cert — d. 10 May 1872 Ardgroom, age 81, farmer (= 1839 Kenmare registry-notice Myles?)
Irish Civil Registry of Deaths certified true copy of Entry No. 400 from the 1872 Kilcatherine District Register, recording the death of **Myles Lyne**. **DEAT…
1879-02-02 — Family headstone photograph (private)Cornelius Murphy family headstone (Cork) — four Murphys 1879/1907/1912/1944
Marble Catholic headstone with carved IHS monogram and floral scroll. Four Murphys commemorated. Inscription (wording as carved; stops, commas and line breaks s…
1881-02-13 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of CastletownMarriage of Patrick Murphy and Ellen Lyne, 13 Feb 1881, Ardgroom
Civil marriage return from the Superintendent Registrar's District of Castletown, second page (page 66), entry No. 7 of four marriages registered February 1881.…
1883-07-29 — Parish of Eyeries, Diocese of Kerry — Register of BaptismsBirth and Baptismal Certificate — James Murphy (born 26 July 1883, baptized 29 July 1883)
Roman Catholic Birth and Baptismal Certificate issued 27 October 1971 by P.P. Thomas McMahon of Eyeries, transcribing the original baptismal register entry of 2…
1883-08-02 — Republic of Ireland Civil Registration — Birth RegisterJJM Sr's civil birth cert — born 2 Aug 1883 Ardgroom; father Patrick Murphy SHOEMAKER; mother Ellen Murphy formerly Lyne
Republic of Ireland Civil Registration Birth Certificate (reproduction issued 8 November 2013 by Helen Foley, Authorised Officer) transcribing the original 1883…
1888-04-07 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West (Roots Ireland)Honora (Nora) Sullivan baptism — b. 30 Mar 1888 Slieve; daughter of Patrick Sullivan + Catherine Murphy
Roman Catholic baptism record from Eyeries parish, Co. Cork. - **Name**: Honora Sullivan - **Date of Birth**: 30 March 1888 - **Date of Baptism**: 7 April 1888…
1893-07-22 — The Skibbereen Eagle, p.2SAD FATALITY NEAR CASTLETOWN-BERE.
Skibbereen Eagle death-and-inquest brief about a fatal cart accident on the road between Castletownbere and Eyeries on the evening of Wednesday 19 July 1893. *…
1901-03-31 — Census of Ireland 19011901 Ireland Census — Michael Murphy household (Ardgroom): JJM godfather candidate
Census of Ireland Form A for the night of Sunday 31 March 1901. Single Murphy household in Ardgroom, headed by Michael Murphy: 1. Michael Murphy, Head of Fam…
1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own WordsThe Sagebrushers — JJM's diary of the July-August 1907 Yellowstone Park trip
Diary kept by **James J. Murphy** (person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen) of a month-long horse-drawn wagon trip from Butte to Yellowstone National Park and …
1911-09-09 — The Butte Daily Post, p.2ST. LAWRENCE'S.
Society-column entry under the "St. Lawrence's" parish heading (Centerville's Catholic church). Flurry Sullivan, "a well-known and popular young man of this ci…
1918-12-14 — The Butte Independent, p.1Irish Fishing Village Is Shrouded in Gloom of Sad Drowning Fatality.
The Butte Irish weekly's report of the drowning at Eyeries in November 1918, printed four days after the Butte dailies. It introduces a letter to James J. McCar…
1967-04-09 — Murphy family papersTerese Murphy to Dan, 9 April 1967: 'Dad was born in Balykrewan ... about the year 1854'; her mother's two fathers
Patrick and Ellen's daughter Terese answers family-history questions from "young Dan": Dan Murphy (born 1954), then twelve or thirteen, who had a school family-…
1971-09-20 — Murphy family papersTerese Murphy to Imelda, 20 Sept 1971: her father's sister married 'Tailor Sullivan'; his father 'left for America some months before he was born'
Terese writes to her niece Imelda, who is about to fly to Ireland, and tells her what she learned on her own trip of 1938. On her brother James: he spent his e…
2008-02-16 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer "Annals of Beara" — Berehaven Parishes rosterAnnals of Beara (Ó Dwyer) — Berehaven parishes roster page 21 of 29
Single page (21 of 29) from the **published rootsweb version of Riobárd Ó Dwyer's "Annals of Beara"** — the Beara-peninsula genealogy compendium the user has fl…
2022-09-06 — Dan Murphy's notebook from the Beara trip of September 2022Dan Murphy's Castletownbere library notes, Sept 2022: 'James Murphy + Mary O'Leary ... Patrick's mother + Father s/B in Eyeries in book'; 'Mary Sullivan Patrick's sister'
Three notebook pages from the father-and-son visit to Castletownbere in September 2022 (the librarian named is Dorothy Brophy). Page 6 holds the family lines, v…
2026-04-19 — Joe Murphy's family research, April 2026 (emails to Dan and Luke Murphy: 'Re: can you see this? - Patrick murphy analysis', 'Part #3-Patrick's life story', 'Patrick's Life Story-Part #4')Joe Murphy's five irishgenealogy.ie printouts (April 2026): what they actually show against what the emails said
Joe Murphy's emails of 16-20 Apr 2026 built a case that Patrick Murphy was the Patrick baptised 7 Apr 1850 at Ballycrovane, son of James Murphy and Margaret Har…
~2026-05 — Family research deck — Luke Murphy (user) self-prepared PowerPointLuke Murphy's Murphy Family Research deck — Ancestry-tree summary cards for great-great-grandparents back through 3rd-great-grandparent generation
The user's own self-prepared family-research PowerPoint containing Ancestry.com tree screenshots (summary card per ancestor) for the documented direct family ba…
2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)Oliver Murphy (Beara) → Luke Murphy email: full Ballycrovane Murphy genealogy back to John Murphy b.1720; confirms PJM = Patrick 'Paddy' Murphy son of Seamus Mor
Extraordinary email correspondence from **Oliver Murphy of Beara/Cork** (a distant cousin) to the user **Luke Murphy**, laying out the deep Ballycrovane Murphy …
2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
Luke Murphy's personal family tree as exported from Ancestry.com on 27 May 2026. GEDCOM 5.5.1 format, UTF-8. Contains 1480 individuals across 460 families. Par…

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undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara" (volume number not specified on this excerpt; page numbered "—29—")Annals of Beara p.29 (volume TBD): PATRICK MURPHY & ELLEN LYNE entry — duplicate framing of the Vol II p.271 content but with the addition 'had a son James who went to Butte, Montana, married and had a son a priest'
A second Annals of Beara entry covering the same Patrick Murphy + Ellen Lyne household, with text very close to (but not identical to) the Vol II p.271 entry. P…
undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, p.270: 11-children family + Jer Harrington & Katie Murphy + PADDY (TAILOR) O'SULLIVAN & KATE MURPHY (Ardgroom Village)
Three-family page. The load-bearing third entry confirms the **Paddy (Tailor) O'Sullivan + Kate Murphy** household at Ardgroom Village — the family central to t…
undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, p.271: PATRICK MURPHY & ELLEN LYNE (ARDGROOM VILLAGE) entry — Pat as son of James Murphy + Mary O'Leary of Eyeries Village (cliamhain isteach)
**THE LOAD-BEARING ANNALS ENTRY FOR OUR PATRICK MURPHY.** Verbatim text: > "PATRICK MURPHY & ELLEN LYNE (ARDGROOM VILLAGE). The > position of this house (later…
undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II pp. 53-55: the O'Sullivan (Keagh, 'Seer') families of Droumbeg and Carrigaphrechane, Ardgroom Inward, with Emma Verling's notes 'START HERE LUKE' and 'Connection LUKE'
Three consecutive pages on the O'Sullivan (Keagh) family, known as "Seer", who came from Castlekilty to Carrigaphrechane "around the year 1800" (Sean Seer and P…
undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, Upper Gorth: Joe Murphy & Margaret (Croumhane) O'Sullivan, eleven children including '(7) Patrick (Apr. 1858)' with nothing more said of him
The Annals' own entry for the family of the Hypothesis A baptism (Patrick, 4 Apr 1858, Gort, son of Joseph Murphy and Margaret Crounhane). Riobard's heading rea…
undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, West Foromanes: Jack O'Leary & Catherine O'Sullivan (Seer), marked 'Your Relative' by Emma Verling; Emma's own O'Leary line
Emma Verling's family page. Jack O'Leary "came down to West Foromanes from nearby Lack"; his wife Catherine O'Sullivan was "daughter of Tadhg Seer O'Sullivan (K…
1850-04-07 — Catholic parish registers at the National Library of Ireland, Eyeries (Diocese of Kerry), Microfilm 04286 / 05Baptism of Patrick Murphy, 7 April 1850, Ballycruane: son of James Murphy and Margaret Uonhi
The Eyeries baptism register for 7 April 1850, the first entry of the month: "Pat. Murphy" in the margin, and in the entry "P.", lawful son of "Jacobi Murphy et…
1855-02-20 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West Roots Ireland (Church Marriage Record)Margaret Shea's FIRST marriage — to John Sullivan, 20 Feb 1855, Eyeries
Roman Catholic church marriage record from Eyeries parish. - Date: 20 Feb 1855 - Husband: **John Sullivan** of **Agroom** (= Ardgroom), Roman Catholic; father s…
1858-04-04 — Catholic parish registers at the National Library of Ireland, Eyeries (Diocese of Kerry), Microfilm 04286 / 05Baptism of Patrick Murphy, 4 April 1858, Gort: son of Joseph Murphy and Margaret Crounhane
The Eyeries baptism register for 4 April 1858: "Patricius Murphy" in the margin, and the entry "Patricium Murphy", lawful son of "Josephi Murphy" and Margaret "…
1864-05-28 — irishgenealogy.ie church records (Kerry RC, Eyeries), transcription index pageBaptism of Michael Murphy of Ballycrovane, 28 May 1864, father 'James NR', mother Margaret Harrington: Seamus Mór's youngest child in the register
Index transcription of the Eyeries register: "Baptism of MICHAEL MURPHY of BALLYCROVANE on 28 May 1864"; father "JAMES NR" (surname not recorded in the transcri…
1884-02-23 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West Roots IrelandPatrick 'Tailor' Sullivan + Catherine Murphy marriage — 23 Feb 1884 Eyeries (Catherine = JJM's paternal aunt + godmother)
Roman Catholic church marriage record. - Date: 23 Feb 1884 - Husband: **Patrick Sullivan** of **Slieve** — known in the family as **"Patrick Sullivan Tailor"*…
1890-04-28 — Irish Examiner, p.4THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN BEREHAVEN.
A prosperous-season report on the **Berehaven spring fishery**: over 200 fishing smacks (from Arklow, Dublin, France, Isle of Man) and ~50 yawls working the gro…
1967 — Murphy family papersMurphy Family Tree, 1967: 'Patrick Murphy, Balykrewan, County Cork, Ireland'; Ellen Lyne (1859-1935)
A hand-lettered chart of the ancestors of the children of James J. Murphy Jr. and Marie A. Schueller, made in 1967, the year of Terese Murphy's letter of 9 Apri…
c.1980s — Family oral-history notes (Emma Verling interview transcript fragments)Emma Verling interview notes — Harrington–Murphy–Hanley family of Allihies (oral history)
Brief oral-history note fragments — probably interview notes the user (or a relative) took during a phone or tape interview with **Emma Verling** about her Harr…
1999 — 'Stories as told by Riobard O'Dwyer', on the IRL-KERRY pages at RootsWeb; first sent by him to the IRL-KERRY mailing listRiobard O Dwyer, 'The Dream': his uncle Robert and the four men drowned with him off Pointe Ranna, 12 Nov 1918
Riobard O Dwyer's own telling of the seine-boat drowning of 12 November 1918 and of what his family believed followed from it. In my own words; his text is his …
2006-10-07 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Famine oral history — 'Norry Tenpenny' of Allihies and the death-march to Bunmahon (Black '47)
A Beara Famine oral history relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer. In my own words (verbatim text held privately in notes.md per the NEHGS CC BY-NC-ND restriction): "Norr…
2012-02-01 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Beara tales — 'The Carpenter's Coffin' and the blacksmith 'dentists' of Adrigole and Eyeries
Two humorous Beara folk-tales relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer (verbatim in notes.md per NEHGS rights): - **The Carpenter's Coffin** — Paddy the carpenter lies in a …
2026-09-04 — Email correspondence between Luke Murphy and the Eyeries parish office, Diocese of Kerry, 14 Aug to 4 Sept 2026Eyeries parish office, 4 Sept 2026: the 1881 parish marriage entry names the fathers only, 'James Harrington and Myles Lyne'
A report, by email from the parish secretary, of what the Eyeries parish marriage register holds for Patrick Murphy and Ellen Lyne (married February 1881). She …