Ellen Murphy Family History
Ellen Murphy's Paternal Great Grandparents
Little is known yet about Ellen’s paternal
great grandparents. In the Tithe Applotment books for Fermanagh there is a
Thomas Murphy listed, but that is not sufficient evidence on its own
that it is her ancestor.
However, in 2020, Catherine Murphy found a broken headstone which had been used
as a lintel in the old Corragunt house.
Judging by its condition, it may never have been exposed to the elements
in Rosslea churchyard. The writing on
this headstone is easily readable and says “Erected by Thomas Murphy
of Corragunt in Memory of his Brother
John who dep’d this life March 28th 1837
Aged 44 years”. It originally had a fine decoration on the top.
Thus Thomas Murphy is Ellen Murphy’s paternal great grandfather and this is the first definitive link in her family history reaching back before 1800.