Eyeries (village + parish + RC Chapel)
Part of: Castletownbere, County Cork / Beara Peninsula / West Cork / County Cork / Ireland
Also: Eyeries, Eyries
Village + Catholic parish on the Beara peninsula. Patrick Murphy resided here (as a Tradesman) at the time of his 1881 marriage. JJM's 1883 baptism took place in the Church of Eyeries by Rev. J. O'Connell. The 1881 Castletown civil marriage register lists multiple Eyeries-RC-Chapel weddings on the same page as the Murphy-Lyne entry.
Sources at this place (21)
- 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, 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…
- 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…
- 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"*…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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. *…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 2026-09-04 — 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 …