Emigration from Ireland

Sources

• 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 II (Norelene O'Dwyer's printed copy; a different setting from the repository's screenshot copy)Annals of Beara Vol II, MURPHY (BALLYCROVANE): the whole (A)-(C) opening in Norelene O'Dwyer's copy, adding the thirteenth child of Jim and Julia, Julia (Sept. 25th 1909)

  The same three sections as the repository's screenshot copy (_annals-of-beara-vol-ii-p270-section-a-patrick-murphy-ballycrovane), here photographed as one print…

• undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II: SEAN (PHILIB) O'SULLIVAN (TAILOR) & NORRY RAHILLY (REENAVAUDE NORTH) — parents of Paddy Tailor O'Sullivan (who m. Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane)

  Genealogy of the O'Sullivan family of Reenavaude North — parents of **Paddy (Tailor) O'Sullivan** who married Kate Murphy of Ballycrovane (= the central Hyp B "…

• 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.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.270 sections (A)-(C): Patrick Murphy of Ballycrovane → Seamus Mór Murphy + Peig Uonhi → Jim Murphy + Julia O'Sullivan (Seer)

  Three-section family entry covering three generations of Murphys at Ballycrovane: **(A) PATRICK MURPHY** had three children: (1) Michael, m. Margaret McCarthy …

• 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, p.412: JOHNNY O'DWYER & ELLEN LYNCH (CAOLRUA) — 14 children incl. Robert (1918 Pointe Ranna drowning victim, IRA Ballycrovane Co. captain) + the 1921 Black-and-Tans house-burning during the War of Independence

  Dwyer family genealogy page. The O'Dwyers of Caolrua are cousin-adjacent to our Murphy line — the 1918 Pointe Ranna fishing-boat drowning that killed Robert O'D…

• undated — Riobárd Ó Dwyer, "Who Were My Ancestors? Annals of Beara," Volume IIAnnals of Beara Vol II, p.413: Caolrua O'Dwyer family continued — Pat O'Dwyer Butte mining career 1923-1930 + Mike O'Dwyer US Army WWII + (C) JOHN O'DWYER & KATHLEEN MCCARTHY next generation

  Continuation of p.412 entry. Continues Johnny O'Dwyer + Ellen Lynch's children list from child (6) Pat onwards, then picks up section (C) for the next generatio…

• 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, ~p.275: PADDY MOR MURPHY & MARGARET MURPHY (BANK) — Paddy Mor as brother of Seamus Mor; both sons of an older Patrick Murphy of Ballycrovane

  Key cross-reference page. Establishes that Paddy Mor Murphy (of Bank townland) was **a brother of Seamus Mor Murphy** who married Peig Uonhi — i.e., they were b…

• undated — *From Beara To Butte* — companion EPUB to the documentary of the same name*From Beara To Butte* — the central documentary/EPUB on the very migration this archive narrates

  Companion EPUB to the **"From Beara to Butte" documentary** — the central secondary source on the same Beara peninsula → Butte, Montana migration arc that this …

• 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**, …

• 1872-04-14 — Irish Family History Foundation — Kerry Genealogy (Roots Ireland)Patrick Lyne baptism — b. 7 Apr 1872 Gurtavallig Kerry; parents Christopher Lyne + Mary Shea (likely JJM's AOH-sentinel friend)

  Roman Catholic baptism record from Tuosist parish, Co. Kerry. - Name: Patrick Lyne - Date of Birth: 7 April 1872 - Date of Baptism: 14 April 1872 - Address: Gu…

• 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 — Emigrant-steamship photograph (web-sourced, colourised)Emigrant steamship — the S.S. Republic, the vessel of Patrick Murphy's 1883 crossing (image provenance uncertain)

  A colourised photograph of a late-19th-century transatlantic steamer, filed by the user as **the S.S. Republic — the ship Patrick Murphy emigrated on in 1883**.…

• 1883 — New York Passenger Lists (Castle Garden era)1883 passenger list, S.S. Republic — possible Patrick Murphy entry

  1883 passenger manifest for the steamship Republic (per the inbox filename). Source image is densely written and small; needs full Claude-vision transcription p…

• 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…

• 1884-11-04 — North Dakota, U.S., Naturalizations, 1873-1952 — Stutsman County Volume 2Declaration of Intent — Patrick Murphy, native of Ireland, b. 1858, arr. NY March 1882; filed Jamestown ND 4 Nov 1884

  Patrick Murphy's **Declaration of Intent** ("first papers") filed 4 November 1884 at the District Court of Stutsman County, Dakota Territory (= Jamestown ND are…

• 1885 — 1885 Dakota Territory Census — Stutsman County (Jamestown)1885 Stutsman County (Jamestown ND) census — Murphy cluster: Patrick (26, Bartender, Ireland), James (27, Laborer, Ireland), Daniel (28, Bartender, Ireland)

  Full Stutsman County 1885 Dakota-Territory census in xlsx form, with pivot-table summary sheets by occupation/age + a Master sheet listing each individual. ## …

• 1885-06-01 — Dakota Territory 1885 Census Index (NDSU Archives - Databases)1885 Dakota Territory Census Index — 5 Patrick Murphys; entry 3 (Jamestown bartender, ED 44-011-15) is user's ancestor

  Screen-capture of the NDSU Archives "Dakota Territory 1885 Census Index" search results for "Murphy, Patrick". Five results: 1. Patrick Murphy, age 1/12 (infan…

• 1885-06-01 — Composite — 1885 Dakota Territory State Census (Stutsman County, Jamestown) + 1884 Patrick Murphy Declaration of Intent1885 Dakota Territory Census (Jamestown) + 1884 Patrick Murphy Declaration of Intent (composite PDF)

  Five-page composite PDF the user assembled: - **Pages 1-2**: Schedule I — Inhabitants in Jamestown, Stutsman County, Dakota Territory, enumerated 1 June 1…

• 1887-06-21 — Irish Probate Calendar 1905 (published volume), pages 276-277Christopher Lyne of Lauragh Kerry, d. 21 June 1887 at 232 Fulton St NY; estate to Jeremiah Lyne

  Page from the published Irish Probate Calendar 1905, listing administrations and probates granted in 1905 for estates of earlier deaths. Among the Lyne entries …

• 1892-04-25 — New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957NY arrival of Ellen Murphy 30 + James Murphy 4 (= JJM), destination Miles City Montana

  Page from the New York passenger and crew list (Castle Garden / Ellis Island), Roll M237 1820-1897, image 373/708. Ship and exact arrival date are at the top of…

• 1892-09-14 — The Anaconda Standard, p.5

  Court note from the Anaconda Standard reporting the divorce of Dennis J. Murphy from his wife Ellen. Murphy testified he was 31 years old, married Ellen in Cork…

• 1900-06-01 — US Federal Census 19001900 US Census Butte Ward 2 — Murphy household (Patrick + Ellen + James 16 + Daniel 5 + Theresa 2)

  Murphy household, lines 56-60 of the enumeration sheet (highlighted in green on the source image). Vision-transcribed for full household composition. Members: …

• 1906-09-26 — Naturalization Records, District Court of the Second Judicial District of Montana, Silver Bow CountyCertificate of Naturalization — J. J. Murphy, native of Ireland, 26 Sept 1906, Butte

  Original Certificate of Naturalization for **J. J. Murphy** (= person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen), naturalized 26 September 1906 in the District Court of…

• 1907-11-26 — Fall River Globe, p.8"MORTY OGE" AND JOHN PUXLEY.

  A Fall River notice promoting a serialised history of the Beara peninsula running in "The Searchlight," a weekly published in Brockton, Mass. by **William D. Dw…

• 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…

• 1918-12-10 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX

  Most consequential single clipping in this Stage 6 ingest for the Beara / Butte family arc. James M. McCarthy of the Centennial Brewing company in Butte receive…

• 1918-12-10 — The Butte Miner, p.5M'CARTHY'S NEPHEW IS DROWNED NEAR IRELAND

  Companion to the Anaconda Standard's "ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX" on the same day — same drowning, different paper, more compact report. James J. McCarth…

• 1922-03-17 — The Anaconda Standard, p.8Those Who Attended.

  Roll-call from the banquet of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at the Thornton hotel, Butte, on the eve of St. Patrick's Day (Thursday 16 March 1922; reported i…

• 1938-12-19 — The Montana Standard, p.3JAMES MURPHY DIES ON COAST

  Sub-head: "Former Manager of Boys' Department at Hennessy's Illness Victim." **James Murphy, about 55, former Butte business man**, died at his home in Los Ange…

• 1940-05-30 — The Montana Standard, p.5MRS. MARY KELLY, EX-WALKERVILLE RESIDENT, TAKEN

  Obituary for Mrs. Mary Kelly (per the user's filing, maiden name CHATHAM), former Walkerville resident, who died Tuesday 28 May 1940 at her Los Angeles home. Na…

• 1954-10-28 — The Montana Standard, p.2Miss Mary Kelly Dies in California

  Obituary for Miss Mary "Mayme" Kelly — former Butte and Walkerville resident — who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon (27 Oct 1954) at her home in Los Angeles. H…

• 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…

• 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…

• 1992-05-29 — The Montana Standard, p.4Tracing Murphys back to Ireland

  ARCHIVE-DEFINING CLIPPING. A "letter to the editor" published in the Montana Standard's "Our readers speak" section on 29 May 1992, submitted by Donald V. Murph…

• 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papersJoan Murphy to Dan, 20 Feb 1995: Grandma Murphy's arranged marriage to 'a much older man'; the foremost shoemaker

  James's daughter Joan sends Dan the family tree she typed in 1979 and three older papers, and adds what her aunt Terese told her. Two statements bear on her gr…

• 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…

• 2012-01-31 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Beara wit — 'An Irish Prayer' (from his Butte 'From Beara to Butte' visit), 'Dan and the Pope,' 'Every old stocking finds an old shoe'

  Three pieces of Beara wit relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer (verbatim in notes.md per NEHGS rights): - **An Irish Prayer** — Ó Dwyer recounts that **while in Butte, …

• 2026-04 — Luke Murphy's family researchPatrick Murphy of County Cork — genealogical briefing on the two competing baptism hypotheses (April 2026)

  Comprehensive 17-page briefing prepared by the user in April 2026 laying out the state of research on Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy's Irish origins. Frames the open q…

• 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…