Beara Peninsula

Part of: West Cork / County Cork / Ireland

Also: Beara, Bear, Beare, Berehaven peninsula

"Beara" is the modern Irish spelling. 19th-century English-language newspapers almost always wrote "Berehaven" (the harbour town) or "Bere" (the barony). All three refer to the same peninsula.

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Sources at this place (30)

undated — T. D. Sullivan — *Bantry, Berehaven and the O'Sullivan Sept*T. D. Sullivan's Bantry/Berehaven/O'Sullivan Sept — the 19th-c. Bantry-nationalist history of the family's region
T. D. (Timothy Daniel) Sullivan's local history of Bantry, Berehaven and the O'Sullivan Sept — the late-19th-c. nationalist treatment of the same Beara region t…
undated — Family photographs (a photographed colour print)The O'Sullivan Seer's house at Carraig a Phréacháin, Beara
A modern colour photograph (re-photographed from a print) of the house associated with the **O'Sullivan Seer** ("the Seer O'Sullivan" / an Sáirséalach-type Bear…
undated — Castletownbere local-history heritage guide / town-walk pamphletCastletownbere local-history walking-tour pamphlet — the family's market town
A local-history walking-tour pamphlet for **Castletownbere** (= the principal town of the Beara peninsula, the administrative/market centre for the Murphy paris…
undated — *From Beara To Butte* — companion EPUB to the documentary of the same name*From Beara To Butte* — the central documentary/EPUB on the very migration this archive narrates
Companion EPUB to the **"From Beara to Butte" documentary** — the central secondary source on the same Beara peninsula → Butte, Montana migration arc that this …
1838-02-09 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West Roots Ireland1838 Shea-Sullivan marriage at Allihies (Beara peninsula)
Roman Catholic parish marriage record from Allihies, west Beara peninsula. **Date is 1838, not 1938** (the inbox filename mislabel led to a quick re-check; orig…
1846-12-31 — The Times, p.8
A correspondent writing from Berehaven, on the Beara peninsula in West Cork, describes the collapse of famine relief on the 10th of December 1846, when public w…
1855-02-20 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West Roots Ireland (Church Marriage Record)Margaret Shea's FIRST marriage — to John Sullivan, 20 Feb 1855, Eyeries
Roman Catholic church marriage record from Eyeries parish. - Date: 20 Feb 1855 - Husband: **John Sullivan** of **Agroom** (= Ardgroom), Roman Catholic; father s…
1865-06-09 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of CastletownMarriage of Myles Lyne (widower) and Margaret Shea alias Sullivan (widow), 9 June 1865, Ardgroom
Entry 10 of four 1865 marriages registered together on this page. **Myles Lyne** (Full age, **Widower**, Farmer, of [Lehinverin or similar near Ardgroom]; fathe…
1872-04-14 — Irish Family History Foundation — Kerry Genealogy (Roots Ireland)Patrick Lyne baptism — b. 7 Apr 1872 Gurtavallig Kerry; parents Christopher Lyne + Mary Shea (likely JJM's AOH-sentinel friend)
Roman Catholic baptism record from Tuosist parish, Co. Kerry. - Name: Patrick Lyne - Date of Birth: 7 April 1872 - Date of Baptism: 14 April 1872 - Address: Gu…
1873-07-01 — Archaeologia Cambrensis, p.286INSCRIBED STONES OF WALES.
Unsigned letter to the editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis (the journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association) by an Irish antiquarian, replying to and again…
1881-02-13 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of CastletownMarriage of Patrick Murphy and Ellen Lyne, 13 Feb 1881, Ardgroom
Civil marriage return from the Superintendent Registrar's District of Castletown, second page (page 66), entry No. 7 of four marriages registered February 1881.…
1883-07-29 — Parish of Eyeries, Diocese of Kerry — Register of BaptismsBirth and Baptismal Certificate — James Murphy (born 26 July 1883, baptized 29 July 1883)
Roman Catholic Birth and Baptismal Certificate issued 27 October 1971 by P.P. Thomas McMahon of Eyeries, transcribing the original baptismal register entry of 2…
1884-02-23 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West Roots IrelandPatrick 'Tailor' Sullivan + Catherine Murphy marriage — 23 Feb 1884 Eyeries (Catherine = JJM's paternal aunt + godmother)
Roman Catholic church marriage record. - Date: 23 Feb 1884 - Husband: **Patrick Sullivan** of **Slieve** — known in the family as **"Patrick Sullivan Tailor"*…
1890-04-28 — Irish Examiner, p.4THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN BEREHAVEN.
A prosperous-season report on the **Berehaven spring fishery**: over 200 fishing smacks (from Arklow, Dublin, France, Isle of Man) and ~50 yawls working the gro…
1890-11-12 — Kerry Sentinel, p.3THE IMPENDING DISTRESS. CASTLETOWNBERE.
Report of a public representative meeting at the **Castletownbere Union** boardroom, held after routine board business on a Thursday in November 1890, to hear t…
1893-07-22 — The Skibbereen Eagle, p.2SAD FATALITY NEAR CASTLETOWN BERE
Skibbereen Eagle death-and-inquest brief about a fatal cart accident on the road between Castletownbere and Eyeries on the evening of Wednesday 19 July 1893. *…
1907-11-26 — Fall River Globe, p.8"MORTY OGE" AND JOHN PUXLEY.
A Fall River notice promoting a serialised history of the Beara peninsula running in "The Searchlight," a weekly published in Brockton, Mass. by **William D. Dw…
1916 — O'Halloran, W. — *Early Irish History and Antiquities, and the History of West Cork*W. O'Halloran's 1916 history of West Cork — the standard secondary source for Beara antiquities, Morty Oge/Puxley, and the regional past
W. O'Halloran's 1916 *Early Irish History and Antiquities, and the History of West Cork* — the standard regional history of the Beara/Bantry world the Murphys c…
1916 — Chapter extract from O'Halloran (1916), Chapter XIX (10) — "Puxley and the Famous Morty Oge"O'Halloran 1916, Chapter XIX — 'Puxley and the Famous Morty Oge'
The Puxley/Morty Oge O'Sullivan chapter from W. O'Halloran's 1916 West Cork history, held as a distinct citable extract alongside the full book. Opens: "A Welsh…
1918-12-10 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX
Most consequential single clipping in this Stage 6 ingest for the Beara / Butte family arc. James M. McCarthy of the Centennial Brewing company in Butte receive…
1918-12-10 — The Butte Miner, p.5M'CARTHY'S NEPHEW IS DROWNED NEAR IRELAND
Companion to the Anaconda Standard's "ONLY ONE SURVIVES IN PARTY OF SIX" on the same day — same drowning, different paper, more compact report. James J. McCarth…
1920-12-31 — Westropp, Thomas Johnson — *The Promontory Forts and Traditions of the Districts of Beare and Bantry, Co. Cork* (journal article)Westropp 1920 — promontory forts and folk-traditions of the Beare-and-Bantry districts (JRSAI)
T. J. Westropp's 1920 *Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland* article on the **promontory forts and associated folk-traditions of the Beare and…
c.1980s — Family oral-history notes (Emma Verling interview transcript fragments)Emma Verling interview notes — Harrington–Murphy–Hanley family of Allihies (oral history)
Brief oral-history note fragments — probably interview notes the user (or a relative) took during a phone or tape interview with **Emma Verling** about her Harr…
1992-05-29 — The Montana Standard, p.4Tracing Murphys back to Ireland
ARCHIVE-DEFINING CLIPPING. A "letter to the editor" published in the Montana Standard's "Our readers speak" section on 29 May 1992, submitted by Donald V. Murph…
2006-10-07 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Famine oral history — 'Norry Tenpenny' of Allihies and the death-march to Bunmahon (Black '47)
A Beara Famine oral history relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer. In my own words (verbatim text held privately in notes.md per the NEHGS CC BY-NC-ND restriction): "Norr…
2006-11-25 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Beara folktale — 'Tis a hard life the women have' (a Dursey Island role-reversal tale)
A humorous Beara folktale relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer (verbatim in notes.md per NEHGS rights). A man ploughing on **Dursey Island (Baoi Bheara)** comes in to din…
2008-02-16 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer "Annals of Beara" — Berehaven Parishes rosterAnnals of Beara (Ó Dwyer) — Berehaven parishes roster page 21 of 29
Single page (21 of 29) from the **published rootsweb version of Riobárd Ó Dwyer's "Annals of Beara"** — the Beara-peninsula genealogy compendium the user has fl…
2012-01-31 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Beara wit — 'An Irish Prayer' (from his Butte 'From Beara to Butte' visit), 'Dan and the Pope,' 'Every old stocking finds an old shoe'
Three pieces of Beara wit relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer (verbatim in notes.md per NEHGS rights): - **An Irish Prayer** — Ó Dwyer recounts that **while in Butte, …
2012-02-01 — Riobárd Ó Dwyer Papers, NEHGS (Mss 1097) — "Stories from Beara"; received as an email from Riobárd Ó DwyerRiobárd Ó Dwyer's Beara tales — 'The Carpenter's Coffin' and the blacksmith 'dentists' of Adrigole and Eyeries
Two humorous Beara folk-tales relayed by Riobárd Ó Dwyer (verbatim in notes.md per NEHGS rights): - **The Carpenter's Coffin** — Paddy the carpenter lies in a …
2026-05-11 — Email correspondence — Oliver Murphy (Beara-side researcher) to Luke Murphy (user)Oliver Murphy (Beara) → Luke Murphy email: full Ballycrovane Murphy genealogy back to John Murphy b.1720; confirms PJM = Patrick 'Paddy' Murphy son of Seamus Mor
Extraordinary email correspondence from **Oliver Murphy of Beara/Cork** (a distant cousin) to the user **Luke Murphy**, laying out the deep Ballycrovane Murphy …

Sources at child places (16)

1866-02 — Ireland Civil Registry of Births — District of Kilcatherine, Union of Castletown, Co. Cork1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register page — contains a Hanley-maiden-name entry (pending vision pass)
Single certified-true-copy page from the 1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register. User-labeled "Katherine Hanley 1866 Birth Register" — suggests this page contains …
1872-05-10 — Ireland Civil Registry of Deaths — District of Kilcatherine, Union of Castletown, Co. CorkMyles Lyne (Sr.) civil death cert — d. 10 May 1872 Ardgroom, age 81, farmer (= 1839 Tralee land registry Myles?)
Irish Civil Registry of Deaths certified true copy of Entry No. 400 from the 1872 Kilcatherine District Register, recording the death of **Myles Lyne**. **DEAT…
1879-02-02 — Family headstone photograph (private)Cornelius Murphy family headstone (Cork) — four Murphys 1879/1907/1912/1944
Marble Catholic headstone with carved IHS monogram and floral scroll. Four Murphys commemorated. Inscription verbatim: > Erected By > JOHN & JEREMIAH MURPHY > …
1881-12-09 — Bismarck Tribune, p.2Outrageous.
A one-sentence wire item from Dublin, reprinted in the Bismarck Tribune on 9 December 1881, reporting that the police at Castletown — i.e. Castletown Berehaven,…
1881-12-10 — The Times, p.6
The Times's correspondent reports from Castletown Berehaven on the petty sessions of 9 December 1881. Hannah M. Reynolds (Dublin Ladies' Land League) was charge…
1881-12-24 — The Herald (Glasgow ed.), p.5A LADY LEAGUER SENT TO PRISON.
The Glasgow Herald's account of the same Castletown Berehaven petty sessions hearing of 23 December 1881 covered in the Leeds Mercury the same day. The substant…
1881-12-24 — The Leeds Mercury, p.3CHARGE AGAINST MISS REYNOLDS.
The Leeds Mercury's Cork correspondent reports on the post-adjournment hearing at Castletown Berehaven petty sessions of Friday 23 December 1881 — two weeks aft…
1882-01-13 — The Evening Mail, p.1IRELAND'S HEROINE.
The Stockton California Evening Mail's front-page account of the Reynolds case, with sub-headlines "PRETTY MISS REYNOLDS, THE LADY LAND LEAGUER" and "Her Influe…
1883-08-02 — Republic of Ireland Civil Registration — Birth RegisterJJM Sr's civil birth cert — born 2 Aug 1883 Ardgroom; father Patrick Murphy SHOEMAKER; mother Ellen Murphy formerly Lyne
Republic of Ireland Civil Registration Birth Certificate (reproduction issued 8 November 2013 by Helen Foley, Authorised Officer) transcribing the original 1883…
1888-04-07 — Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West (Roots Ireland)Honora (Nora) Sullivan baptism — b. 30 Mar 1888 Slieve; daughter of Patrick Sullivan + Catherine Murphy
Roman Catholic baptism record from Eyeries parish, Co. Cork. - **Name**: Honora Sullivan - **Date of Birth**: 30 March 1888 - **Date of Baptism**: 7 April 1888…
1901-03-31 — Census of Ireland 19011901 Ireland Census — Michael Murphy household (Ardgroom): JJM godfather candidate
Census of Ireland Form A for the night of Sunday 31 March 1901. Single Murphy household in Ardgroom, headed by Michael Murphy: 1. Michael Murphy, Head of Fam…
1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National ParkThe Sagebrushers — JJM's diary of the July-August 1907 Yellowstone Park trip
Travelogue diary kept by **James J. Murphy** (= the user's JJM, person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen) during a stagecoach / wagon trip from Butte to Yellows…
1911-09-09 — The Butte Daily Post, p.2ST. LAWRENCE'S.
Society-column entry under the "St. Lawrence's" parish heading (Centerville's Catholic church). Flurry Sullivan, "a well-known and popular young man of this ci…
1922-03-17 — The Anaconda Standard, p.8Those Who Attended.
Roll-call from a St. Patrick's Day banquet held in Butte (or reported in the Anaconda Standard's St. Patrick's Day issue) on 17 March 1922, attended by 96 guest…
~2026-05 — Family research deck — Luke Murphy (user) self-prepared PowerPointLuke Murphy's Murphy Family Research deck — Ancestry-tree summary cards for great-great-grandparents back through 3rd-great-grandparent generation
The user's own self-prepared family-research PowerPoint containing Ancestry.com tree screenshots (summary card per ancestor) for the documented direct family ba…
2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
Luke Murphy's personal family tree as exported from Ancestry.com on 27 May 2026. GEDCOM 5.5.1 format, UTF-8. Contains 1480 individuals across 460 families. Par…