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They had the following children:

		F	i	Evelyn Mary O'HARA was born about 1889 in Tumna South, Clegna, Co. Roscommon.
			ii	'unknown' O'HARA
			iii	'unknown' O'HARA
		F	iv	Delia Mary O'HARA was born about 1896 in Tumna South, Clegna, Co. Roscommon.
		F	v	Mary Kate O'HARA was born about 1900 in Tumna South, Clegna, Co. Roscommon.
		F	vi	Matilda Mary O'HARA

They had the following children:

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John DOODY died date unknown.

Don MULVIHILL [Parents]

Therese BUCKLEY

They had the following children:

		M	i	Mike MULVIHILL
		M	ii	Don MULVIHILL
		F	iii	Mary Ellen MULVIHILL
		F	iv	Kathleen MULVIHILL
		F	v	Julie MULVIHILL

He had the following children:

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Margaret CULL was born about 1864.

Mary SHEEHY

They had the following children:

		M	i	William (Billy) HANRAHAN
		M	ii	Sean HANRAHAN

Edmund Finbarr (Finbarr) HANRAHAN [Parents]

Eileen (Lena) MURPHY

They had the following children:

		M	i	Stefan HANRAHAN
		M	ii	Bobby HANRAHAN
		F	iii	Naomi HANRAHAN
		M	iv	Barry HANRAHAN

Bobby HANRAHAN [Parents]

Jennifer O'CONNELL

They had the following children:

		F	i	Makala HANRAHAN
		F	ii	Eva HANRAHAN

Theodore (Theo) LITTLE

Naomi HANRAHAN [Parents]

They had the following children:

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Hugo LITTLE

James MURPHY was born about 1826 in Ireland. He died 28 Aug 1911 in New Zealand and was buried in Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland. James married Johanna CRONIN on 23 Nov 1859 in New Zealand. It's thought James may have been born in Dublin but there's no documentation to support this. He is believed to have lived in Australia before settling in New Zealand. When James's wife, Johanna Cronin, arrived in New Zealand, her brother Timothy was to have met her off the ship. However Timothy had apparently gone off to Thames, prospecting for gold, so he sent a friend named James Murphy (who was not known to Johanna) to meet her. The story goes that Johanna refused to step off the ship until James returned to his lodgings and came back with a letter from Timothy confirming that James was indeed to collect her. Johanna and James were married three months later. After their marriage it's known that James worked as a gardener in Auckland but it's believed he subsequently became a policeman. Sharron Peters, a descendant of James and Johanna, is researching her Murphy and Cronin family history. If you have additional information on either of these families that you would like to share, Sharron would be delighted to hear from you. She can be contacted at sharron.vic.peters@orcon.net.nz.

Johanna CRONIN [Parents] was born about 1842 in Ireland. She died 20 Dec 1931 in New Zealand and was buried in Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland. Johanna married James MURPHY on 23 Nov 1859 in New Zealand. At the age of about 17, with her widowed father about to remarry, Johanna emigrated to New Zealand. The story goes that on the way to New Zealand, Johanna's ship, 'The British Queen', was delayed in Plymouth, England for a number of days. Three women subsequently found Johanna on the wharf and took her home to their room and gave her food and shelter for three days until her ship was ready to leave. Johanna finally arrived in Auckland on 30 August 1859. An older brother of hers, Timothy, was already living in New Zealand at this time and it's believed he had sent Johanna the fare to join him. It's thought Johanna may have been born in Co. Limerick. Co. Sligo has also been mentioned as a possible county of origin.

Marriage Notes:

The witness to the marriage was Catherine Brit. It's known that Johanna and James knew a Catherine Brett, also from Ireland. It's very likely Catherine Brit and Catherine Brett are the same person.      

They had the following children:

		F	i	Ann (Annie) Maria MURPHY was born 22 Sep 1860 and died 26 Jun 1934.
		M	ii	Thomas William (Billy) MURPHY was born 26 Mar 1862 in James Street, Arch Hill, Auckland. He died 26 Jul 1939 in Auckland, New Zealand and was buried in Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland. Billy was a superb boxer. Known as 'Torpedo Billy', he is the only New Zealand-born boxer to have held a professional world title. He left school at the age of 12 to become apprenticed to a tailor but his real passion was boxing. Two of Billy's brothers, Jimmy and Daniel, were also fine boxers. Billy began to box professionally in 1881 and six years later moved to Sydney where he continued his boxing career. In 1889 he moved to San Francisco. According to the Auckland Irish Society website, www.aucklandirish.co.nz, "Billy Murphy was offered a bout with Ike Weir of Belfast for the featherweight championship of the world. Weir outclassed Murphy in the early rounds of the contest, which took place at San Francisco on 13 January 1890. However, in the 13th round the New Zealander connected with a hard right that staggered Weir and quickly followed up his advantage, putting Weir on the mat five times. The Irishman was still groggy when he came out for the 14th round; Murphy knocked him out with a hard right to the jaw. This victory earned Murphy $2,250 and the Richard K. Fox belt, a handsome, diamond-studded trophy". While it is believed by some that the belt was sold a number of years later when Billy found himself short of money, family lore has it that it ended up "in someone's attic".   The  Auckland Irish Society also tells us that Billy was "a small, wiry man whose fighting weight was around eight stone four pounds" and that he was "exceptionally fast and a devastating puncher for his size". Billy returned to live in New Zealand shortly after winning the title and was thereby deemed to have forfeited his title by the Americans. Australia and New Zealand, however, continued to recognise the title, which he lost to Albert Griffiths in Sydney in September 1890. Billy subsequently returned to the United States where he continued boxing with varying degrees of success. It's thought he may have married in the States around 1899 but the marriage didn't last. He went back to New Zealand in 1904, continuing his career in the ring until 1907. After his retirement from boxing, Billy ran a tailoring and dry-cleaning shop with his brothers in Auckland. A number of descendants of Billy's siblings are in the process of raising money to erect a bronze statue of Billy in Auckland; as part of the fundraising project a very nice website, www.torpedobilly.co.nz, has been created, containing further information about Billy and his family.
		M	iii	John Joseph MURPHY was born 5 Jun 1864.
		F	iv	Sarah Bridget MURPHY was born 1866 and died 10 Nov 1914.
		M	v	James (Jimmy) Hugh MURPHY was born 7 Jul 1871 in Arch Hill, Auckland. He died 7th December 1897 in Johannesburg. Jimmy was a talented boxer with a very promising future in the sport when, during a sparring fight in Johannesburg in 1897, he wiped a cut near his eye with a handkerchief, resulting in blood poisoning which caused him to lose his eye. He died within the year aged only 26.
		M	vi	Daniel Timothy (Tim) MURPHY was born 18 May 1873 and died 30 May 1946.
		F	vii	Ada MURPHY was born 16 Oct 1875 and died 24 Aug 1957.
		M	viii	Francis Joseph MURPHY was born 28 Mar 1879 in Arch Hill, Auckland. He died 12 Jan 1881.
		F	ix	Elizabeth Helena (Lena, Ena) MURPHY was born 21 Jul 1880 and died 19 Oct 1964.
		M	x	George Bernard (Bert) MURPHY was born 2 Apr 1883 in Arch Hill, Auckland. He died 18 Dec 1963.

They had the following children:

		M	i	Timothy CRONIN was born in Ireland. He died in New Zealand.
		F	ii	Johanna CRONIN was born about 1842 and died 20 Dec 1931.

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