What is the connection?

On Friday night next, April 11, Ger O’Meara (Lorrha and Cork) will look at Brigadier General Murphy and his wife Marguerite Nagle, their connections to Terryglass and the role of the Cork and Terryglass families in the political and social histories of Ireland

In 2013/14, Kilbarron Terryglass Historical Society carried out research on all those who were in the First World War. At the time we researched 68 men and women and published a Journal, Kilbarron Terryglass, World War I, A Parish Remembers. In this we detailed their name, where they lived, when they enlisted, where they were stationed and whether they returned or if not, where they were buried.

In doing this research we realised that each of these people had a much bigger story to tell. One of those men, buried in Terryglass cemetery, Brigadier-General Cyril Francis De Sales Murphy, is one of the people we focus on. Recently, Ger O’Meara carried out much research into Cyril Francis Murphy and he has kindly offered to share that research with us

Join us on Friday at Terryglass Hall (E45FC42) at 8pm to find who or what is the connection with three Cork families and how did Cyril Francis De Sales Murphy end up living, in Ballinderry, Terryglass and Banagher. On the night, Ger will also have a display of some of his collection of military artefacts.