Patrick 'Tailor' Sullivan + Catherine Murphy marriage — 23 Feb 1884 Eyeries (Catherine = JJM's paternal aunt + godmother)
Irish Family History Foundation — Cork South West Roots Ireland · Eyeries Parish, Co. Cork, Ireland · 1884-02-23
Summary
Roman Catholic church marriage record. - Date: 23 Feb 1884 - Husband: **Patrick Sullivan** of **Slieve** — known in the family as **"Patrick Sullivan Tailor"** (he was a tailor by trade per user signal 2026-05-27). Father **John Sullivan** of **Reenavaud**. - Wife: **Catherine Murphy** of **Fawnkil**; RC; father **James Murphy** of **Fawnkil** - Witnesses: **James McCarthy** of **Eyries** + **Philip Sullivan** of **Reenavaud** - Priest: **J. Larkin** (same priest as the 1881 Pat-Ellen marriage 3 years earlier; continuing Eyeries-area parish service) **Locks ONE key identification**: **Catherine Murphy = JJM's paternal aunt + godmother**. Her father is "James Murphy" — same name as Patrick Murphy's father (the GEDCOM-attested James Murphy b. ~1816 Ballycrovane). Catherine is Patrick Murphy's sister and **almost certainly the same Catherine Murphy who served as JJM's godmother at the 1883 baptism** (her father James was a Farmer at Fawnkil; the same James Murphy who appears on the 1881 Pat-Ellen marriage cert as Patrick's father). **REJECTED HYPOTHESIS (per user 2026-05-27)**: an earlier reading of this cert speculated that Patrick Sullivan = son of the 1855 John Sullivan + Margaret Shea marriage, which would have made him Ellen Lyne's half-brother and braided the Murphy + Sullivan + Lyne families together a second time. **The user clarified that Patrick Sullivan (Tailor) is from a different Sullivan line**; his father John Sullivan of Reenavaud is most likely a DIFFERENT John Sullivan from Margaret Shea's first husband (common Beara surname, distinct people). No Sullivan-via-Shea double-braid; Patrick Tailor Sullivan enters JJM's family only as uncle-by-marriage via Catherine. Children of Patrick "Tailor" Sullivan + Catherine Murphy (per the GEDCOM Catherine-Sullivan family): John (1884), Mary (1886), **Nora (1888)**, Philip (1890), Patrick (1892), Denny (1893), Katie (1897). All JJM's paternal first cousins via Catherine. **Nora Sullivan** = the 1910 Butte census "niece" of Ellen Murphy (b. 1888 Ireland, immigrated 1906; later m. John Hanley 1912 per the Butte Daily Post wedding announcement). Confirmed by user 2026-05-27 as Catherine + Patrick-Tailor's daughter.
Parties named in the record
- groom
residence: Slieve
- bride
residence: Fawnkil
- father of bride
occupation: Farmer · residence: Fawnkil
- father of groom
residence: Reenavaud
People — link detail
- Patrick "Tailor" Sullivan (m. Catherine Murphy 1884 Eyeries; tailor by trade)(as printed: Patrick Sullivan)role: groom · family confidence: 95 certain
residence: Slieve
JJM's uncle-by-marriage via Catherine Murphy. Tailor by trade. User clarified (2026-05-27) the earlier speculative tie to the 1855 John Sullivan + Margaret Shea marriage is REJECTED; Patrick-Tailor is from a different Sullivan line.
- Catherine Murphy (godmother of JJM, 1883)(as printed: Catherine Murphy)role: bride · family confidence: 95 certain
residence: Fawnkil
Same Catherine Murphy who served as JJM's godmother in 1883 (per the baptism cert). Father James Murphy of Fawnkil matches the James Murphy = Patrick Murphy's father per the 1881 Pat-Ellen marriage cert. Catherine = Patrick Murphy's sister = JJM's paternal aunt. Now anchored as one of the defining family-tree nodes.
- James /Murphy/(as printed: James Murphy)role: father of bride · family confidence: 100 certain
occupation: Farmer · residence: Fawnkil
JJM's paternal grandfather. Confirms his residence as Fawnkil (a townland near Eyeries on Beara) in 1884 — extends his life from the 1881 marriage cert (where also Farmer) to 1884.
- John Sullivan of Reenavaud (father of Patrick "Tailor" Sullivan)(as printed: John Sullivan)role: father of groom · family confidence: 75 strong
residence: Reenavaud
Father of Patrick "Tailor" Sullivan. Per user 2026-05-27 this John Sullivan is DISTINCT from the John Sullivan who married Margaret Shea in 1855 (same common name, different person). His own record is separate.
Also mentioned
- James McCarthy · witness
Of Eyries. Same surname (and possibly same person) as the witness to Patrick Murphy + Ellen Lyne's 1881 marriage.
- Philip Sullivan · witness
Of Reenavaud. Possibly a brother of the groom Patrick (a Philip Sullivan also appears in the GEDCOM as a child of Catherine Murphy + Patrick Sullivan — b. ~1890; might be named for this witness Philip).
- J. Larkin · officiating_priest
Same priest as Patrick Murphy + Ellen Lyne marriage 1881. Continuing parish service.
Places
- Eyeries (village + parish + RC Chapel) (primary)
- County Cork (primary)
- Beara Peninsula (primary)
Themes
Story threads
Tags
- source_primary_family
- evidence_corroborating
- direct_family
Related sources
- 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
- 1865-06-09 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of Castletown — Marriage of Myles Lyne (widower) and Margaret Shea alias Sullivan (widow), 9 June 1865, Ardgroom
- 1881-02-13 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of Castletown — Marriage of Patrick Murphy and Ellen Lyne, 13 Feb 1881, Ardgroom
- 1883-07-29 — Parish of Eyeries, Diocese of Kerry — Register of Baptisms — Birth and Baptismal Certificate — James Murphy (born 26 July 1883, baptized 29 July 1883)
Open questions
- Disentangle `person_catherine_murphy_aughabrack` (originally created for the 1881 Reynolds-case Catherine Murphy at Aughabrack) from `person_catherine_murphy_godmother_of_jjm_1883` (= this 1884 bride = Patrick Murphy's sister). The GEDCOM matcher previously linked the Aughabrack record to GEDCOM Catherine b. ~1864 — that linkage should be reversed if the Aughabrack 1881 woman is a different Catherine from Patrick's sister. Three potentially-distinct Catherine Murphys of Beara b. 1860s — needs careful disambiguation pass.
- Patrick Sullivan = son of John Sullivan + Margaret Shea? Plausible from address overlap (Sullivan family of the same Eyeries area) but residence-of-father differs (Reenavaud here vs Agroom in 1855). Could be the same John Sullivan with a family move, or two distinct John Sullivans.