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Murphy (other)
Murphy is a common Irish surname. Murphy may also refer to: Places United States * Murphy, Idaho, an unincorporated village * Murphy, Missouri, a census-designated place * Murphy, North Carolina, a town * Murphy, Texas, a city * Murphy, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Murphy, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Argentina * Murphy, Santa Fe, a town Businesses * Murphy Aircraft, a Canadian company * Murphy Oil, an American petroleum and natural gas exploration company * Murphy Radio, a defunct British manufacturer of home radio sets Given name * Murphy (given name), a list of people and fictional characters Other uses * ''Murphy'' (novel), a 1938 novel by Samuel Beckett * ''Murphy'' (novella), a 1987 novella by Gary Paulsen * USS ''Murphy'' (DD-603), a Benson-class destroyer * Murphy Oil Soap, a cleaning product * Murphy High School (Mobile, Alabama), a high school in Mobile, Alabama, U.S. * Murphy High School (North Carolina) See also * Camp Murphy (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murphy
Murphy () ( ga, Ua Murchadha) is an Irish surname and the most common surname in the Republic of Ireland. Origins and variants The surname is a variant of two Irish surnames: "Ó Murchadha"/"Ó Murchadh" (descendant of "Murchadh"), and "Mac Murchaidh"/"Mac Murchadh" (son of "Murchadh") derived from the Irish personal name "Murchadh", which meant sea-warrior or sea-battler (''muir'' meaning sea and ''cath'' meaning battle). It is said of Murrough (Murchadh) as he entered the thick of the fight and prepared to assail the foreign invaders, the Danes, when they had repulsed the Dal-Cais, that 'he was seized with a boiling terrible anger, an excessive elevation and greatness of spirit and mind. A bird of valour and championship rose in him, and fluttered over his head and on his breath. In modern Irish, "Ó Murchú", rather than "Ó Murchadha", is used. "Murphy" is the most common surname in Ireland, the fourteenth most common surname in Northern Ireland, and the fifty-eighth m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |