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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO

MURPHY, Major James Fraser, O.B.E. (1919); F.S.I., late Receiver under High Court of Chancery; D.L., J.P. Co. Roscommon (High Sheriff, 1913); J.P. Co. Donegal. Educ. at Dr. Stacpoole's School, Kingstown, and Foyle College, Deny; served in Kaffir War, 1877-8;; Sekakuni War, 1878; Zulu War, 1879 (medal and clasps); Major 3rd N.I. Div. R.A., ret. 1891; mobilised for recruiting duties April, 1914 to 1918; appointed Area Commander and Area Organiser, Sligo District (embracing Cos. Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim) eldest surviving son of late Edmund Murphy, J.P. (Cos. Armagh, Donegal and Down), of St. Patrick's, Co, Donegal, and 81 Pembroke Road, Dublin; b. 1855. Res.: Abbeyview, Boyle, Co. Roscommon.

MURPHY, Miss M. H. Lily, educated at Loreto Convent, Kilkenny, and Reading College; Member of Council International Assocn. of Poultry Instructors and Investigators; Fellow of National Utility Poultry Society; Member S.P.B.A.; Appointments: Instructor in Poultry Keeping, King's Co., 1901; Co. Kilkenny 1902-1905; Teacher of Poultry Keeping and Manager of Laying Competitions, Munster Institute, 1905-1922; Poultry Research Officer, Northern Ministry of Agriculture from 1922. Address: Ministry of Agriculture, Belfast.

MURPHY, Sir Michael, Bart. (Unit. Kgd. 1912); is head of firm of Michael Murphy (Ltd.) Shipowners of Dublin, Liverpool, Swansea and Cardiff; Member of Board of Superintendence of Belfast Banking Co. Ltd.; late Chm. of Dublin Port and Docks Board. Third son of the late Michael Murphy, of 21 Merrion Square, Dublin, and Margaret, dau. of the late Philip Lawless; b. 9 March, 1845; m. 1877, Mary, dau. of James Freeman, and has issue one son and one dau. surviving. Res.: Wyckham, Dundrum, Co. Dublin. Clubs: Reform, London; St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.

MURPHY, Major Reginald Robert Francis Wiiliam Brudenell, Major 4th Batt. The Cameronians; served in S. African War 1899-1901; European War 1914-18; b. 1880; only surviving son of late Wm. Brudenell Murphy, J.P., of Kilbrew, Co. Meath, and Lullymore, Co. Kildare, and Mary Antoinette, dau. of Capt. Maurice Lynch Blake, of Ballinafad. Educ. at Beaumont; Res.: Mount Merrion, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

MURPHY, Lieut.-Col. William Richard English, D.S.O. (1919), M.C. 1918), M.A. (N.U.I.). Educ. at National University, Ireland, and at University College, Dublin; Lieut.-Col. S. Staffordshire Regt; an Inspector of Schools, Ireland; served in European War, 191419, in France and Italy (despatches four times); has assumed the additional surname of English; son of John Joseph Murphy, of Dane's Castle, Bannow, Co. Wexford; b. 1890; m. 1917, Maimi, dau. of W. E. Fortune, of San Francisco. Res.: 56 Belgrave Square, Rathmines, Dublin; The Anchorage, Ardmore, Co. Waterford.

MURRAY, Albert E., R.H.A.. F.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.A.I.: Architect; Professor of Architecture R.H.A; Freeman of the City of Dublin; Examiner in Architecture in the National University of Ireland; Governor of Mercer's Hospital, Dublin; Educ. privately. Hon Sec to Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, 1883-1901; Ex-President of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland; Examiner in the Diploma of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians, 1887-96; Hon Sec Military Lodge (Masonic) of Ireland since 1883; extensive practice, and consultant to many hospitals Recns: yachting, fishing, golf, sketching. Second son of late William George Murray, R.H.A., Avonmore, Co. Dublin, and Mary, dau. of James Craig, of Armagh; b. 1849; m. 1902, Amy, only dau. of Andrew Johnston, of Dublin, and has issue one son and one dau. Res.: 2 Clyde Road, Dublin. Clubs: Junior Constitutional, London; Royal Irish Yacht, Kingstown; Northern Counties, Londonderry.

MURRAY, Robert Henry, M.A., Litt.D., M.R.I.A.: Chaplain of the Magdalen Church: Examining Chaplain to the Archbishop of Dublin; Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Lecturer in History, Trinity College, Dublin; Examiner in History to the Civil Service Commission, London, and Examiner in History to the Board of Intermediate Education, Dublin; m. May, y.d. of the Right Hon. Sir Frederick R. Falkiner, K.C. late Recorder of Dublin. Educ.: Queen's College, Belfast; Trinity College. Dublin, B.A (1896); M.A. (1899); entered T.C.D. 1904; B.A. (1906), 1st of 1st Class (gold medal) Final Honours Schools, History and Political Science; 1st Vice-Chancellor's Prize in English Prose, 1905; University Prizeman in Political Economy, 1907; Helen Blake Scholar in Irish History, 1908; Elrington Essay, 1909; Litt.D. 1909; Member of the Royal Irish Academy, 1910; Whately Memorial Prize in Political Economy, 1917. Minor Canon St. Patrick's Cathedral, Killala, 1902-4; Assistant Chaplain to the Royal Hibernian Military School, 1904-11: Chaplain to the Forces, 1914; Pubns.: Revolutionary Ireland and its Settlement, 1911; (editor) The Journal of John Stevens. 1912; The Public Record Office, Dublin. 1919; Erasmus and Luther: Their Attitude to Toleration, 1920; A Short Guide to some MSS. in the Library