Baptism of Patrick Murphy, 4 April 1858, Gort: son of Joseph Murphy and Margaret Crounhane

Summary

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 "Crounhane" of Gort. Sponsors: Cornelius Crounhane and Ellena Murphy. Riobard O Dwyer's Annals of Beara have the same family under Upper Gorth: Joe Murphy and Margaret (Croumhane) O'Sullivan, eleven children, the seventh "Patrick (Apr. 1858)", of whom nothing more is printed. Croumhane is an O'Sullivan branch name, so the register's "Crounhane" is the mother's branch, not her surname. This is the second of the two Eyeries baptisms that could be that of Patrick Murphy, husband of Ellen Lyne (d. Montana 1912). It matches the year he gave in every American record. Nothing else found so far connects him to this family: his father is James on the 1881 marriage return, and his sisters and niece belong to the Ballycrovane family of the 7 April 1850 baptism. The case for each is set out on the site's analysis page. Until 4 Oct 2026 the archive knew this entry only from the April 2026 briefing. It was read that day on the NLI image and agrees with the briefing, except that the mother's forename reads as a contracted Margarita where the briefing has "Maryeta".

Parties named in the record

• candidate baptized
  Patricius Murphy (margin); Patricium Murphy (entry)(= Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT))10

  born: baptised 4 April 1858

People — link detail

• Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT)(as printed: Patricius Murphy (margin); Patricium Murphy (entry))
  role: candidate baptized · family confidence: 10 flag

  born: baptised 4 April 1858 · birthplace: Gort

  A flag, so that the rival candidate surfaces on Patrick's page. Claude's estimate of 4 Oct 2026 that this child is the Patrick Murphy who married Ellen Lyne is 5 in 100. Luke's recorded decision of 3 Oct 2026 shows Seamus Mor of Ballycrovane as Patrick's father; this reading is not formally closed.

Also mentioned

• Josephi Murphy · father

  Joe Murphy of Upper Gorth in the Annals of Beara.

• Margarita Crounhane · mother

  Margaret (Croumhane) O'Sullivan in the Annals of Beara. An online index gives her surname as Sullivan.

• Cornelius Crounhane · sponsor
• Ellena Murphy · sponsor

Places

• Eyeries (village + parish + RC Chapel) (primary)
• Kilcatherine (parish) (context)
• Beara Peninsula (context)
• County Cork (context)
• Ireland (context)

Themes

• Birth
• West Cork
• Genealogy research

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Tags

• #Candidate family
• #Evidence supporting

Related sources

• 1850-04-07 — Catholic parish registers at the National Library of Ireland, Eyeries (Diocese of Kerry), Microfilm 04286 / 05 — Baptism of Patrick Murphy, 7 April 1850, Ballycruane: son of James Murphy and Margaret Uonhi
• undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume II — Annals 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
• 2026-04 — Luke Murphy's family research — Patrick Murphy of County Cork — genealogical briefing on the two competing baptism hypotheses (April 2026)
• 1900-06-01 — US Federal Census 1900 — 1900 US Census Butte Ward 2 — Murphy household (Patrick + Ellen + James 16 + Daniel 5 + Theresa 2)
• 1884-11-04 — North Dakota, U.S., Naturalizations, 1873-1952 — Stutsman County Volume 2 — Declaration of Intent — Patrick Murphy, native of Ireland, b. 1858, arr. NY March 1882; filed Jamestown ND 4 Nov 1884

Open questions

• What became of this Patrick. A marriage, burial or emigration record for him in Beara after 1883 would remove him as a candidate.