John Murphy ( fl. 1837 - 1879) was an Irish

bellfounder Bellfounding is the casting and tuning of large bronze bells in a foundry for use such as in churches, clock towers and public buildings, either to signify the time or an event, or as a musical carillon or chime. Large bells are made by casting ...

. His foundry, which started making bells in 1843, cast bells for many churches in Ireland and elsewhere, including several rings of bells hung for change ringing. Murphy's foundry, which carried on under his son, John J. Murphy (died 1948), continued to produce bells until 1900.

List of towers with bells by the Murphy foundry

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Christ Church Cathedral, more formally The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the ( ...

(1844, 1845, 1877. The old Rudhall ring of eight (1738) was retained, with some bells recast, and the ring was augmented to ten bells in B. The tenor was recast in 1979 by

John Taylor & Co John Taylor Bell Foundry (Loughborough) Limited, trading as John Taylor & Co and commonly known as Taylor's Bell Foundry, Taylor's of Loughborough, or simply Taylor's, is the world's largest working bell foundry. It is located in Loughborough, ...

and in 1999 the bells were augmented to nineteen, the most change-ringing bells in any tower in the world.) * St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne (1852 - ring of eight bells, refurbished in 1989) * St. Patrick's College, Maynooth (1856 - single bell) * Church of the Immaculate Conception,

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 ...

(single bell in 1858, augmented to nine in 1882, recast into a ring of ten by Gillett and Johnson in 1931) * Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St. John's (1863) * St. Audoen's Church, Dublin (1864, 1880, both recast in 1983 by Taylor & Co) *

Thurles Cathedral The Cathedral of the Assumption is the mother church of the Metropolitan Province of Cashel and the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly in Thurles, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is the cathedra of the Archbi ...

(1867 - ring of eight bells, unringable) * Cork R.C. Cathedral (1870 - ring of eight bells plus chiming bell, unringable) * John's Lane, Dublin (1872 - ring of eight bells, augmented to ten in 1898 by Carrs of Smethwick, refurbished in 1989 by Taylor & Co) *Mount St. Alphonsus (Redemptorist Church),

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

(1878 - ring of eight bells, recast into a ring of ten by Taylor & Co in 1947) *Christ Church,

Glandore Glandore (, meaning ''harbour of the oak trees'') is the name of both a harbour and village in County Cork, Ireland. Glandore is located about an hour's drive south-west of Cork city. The village has several pubs, with traditional music. It i ...

(1889, restored in 2012 and hung for full-circle ringing)

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