Emma Verling interview notes — Harrington–Murphy–Hanley family of Allihies (oral history)

Summary

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 Harrington-line ancestry on the Beara peninsula. The "(27:36)" timestamp suggests audio reference. Reconstructed family chain from the notes: - **Patrick Harrington** m. **Johanna Murphy from Cum** during famine. Evicted four times. Four children. - Children grew up: - **Daniel Harrington** — emigrated USA, returned, built a hotel in Allihies - **Bridget Harrington** - **Margaret Harrington** - **Patrick Harrington Jr.** - **Daniel Harrington** m. **Annie from Skull**. Multiple children including: - **Edward Harrington** (Emma's grandfather) - One son became a priest - **Henry Harrington** — inherited the hotel; m. **Agnes Rose Hanley** - **Emma May Harrington** (Emma's mother or aunt?) **d. Feb 1989** Also recorded: **Timothy Murphy**; placename **"Crhereelco" = "the town of the bald cow"** (Irish-language toponym; modern spelling unverified — possibly "Cnocán an Bhó Mhaol" or similar Gaelic etymological gloss). **FAMILY RELEVANCE**: 1. **Hanley surname connection**: Agnes Rose Hanley (m. Henry Harrington) is the only Hanley in the user's research orbit so far. The 1866-02 Kilcatherine RD birth register page (also in the inbox-now-archive) was user-labeled with a Hanley reference. Could be linked Beara Hanleys. 2. **Allihies hotel built by Daniel Harrington (returnee emigrant)**: an early USA-to-Beara back-migration story that's a thematic match for the family book's "diaspora returns" sub-thread. 3. **Johanna Murphy from Cum**: famine-era Beara Murphy ancestor of the Harrington-Verling line. NOT directly the same Murphy as JJM's grandfather James Murphy (b. ~1816 Ballycrovane) — but both are Beara Murphys of the same generation. Possibly kin. 4. **Patrick Harrington** is a common name; the 1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register page also has Harringtons on the same page; the 1872 Kilcatherine RD death register page has another Harrington entry. The Harrington name recurs across the Beara cluster. ## PRIVATE / INTERPRETIVE These are oral-history note fragments, not verbatim primary source. Treat as a notes.md-style interpretive document.

Also mentioned

• Emma May Harrington · subject_died_feb_1989_relative_of_emma_verling
• Emma Verling · interviewee

  Family-history informant; granddaughter-or-niece of Edward Harrington.

• Patrick Harrington (the famine emigrant) · family_patriarch_famine_era

  M. Johanna Murphy from Cum; 4 evictions; 4 children. Allihies.

• Johanna Murphy (from Cum) · matriarch_famine_era

  Beara Murphy; m. Patrick Harrington. From the townland of Cum.

• Daniel Harrington (USA returnee) · son_of_patrick_emigrant_returner

  Emigrated USA, returned, built a hotel in Allihies. M. Annie from Skull.

• Annie (from Skull) · wife_of_daniel_harrington
• Bridget Harrington · sister
• Margaret Harrington · sister
• Patrick Harrington Jr. · brother
• Edward Harrington · emmas_grandfather

  Son of Daniel + Annie.

• Henry Harrington · hotel_inheritor

  Son of Daniel + Annie; inherited the Allihies hotel; m. Agnes Rose Hanley.

• Agnes Rose Hanley · hanley_in_law

  M. Henry Harrington. One of the few documented Beara Hanleys; possibly linked to the 1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register page's Hanley entry.

• Timothy Murphy · mentioned_unspecified

  No context for the reference; possibly another Beara Murphy of interest.

• Crhereelco / 'the town of the bald cow' · placename_referenced

  Beara/Irish placename with English gloss; modern spelling unverified.

Places

• Allihies (village + parish on west Beara) (primary)
• Beara Peninsula (primary)
• County Cork (primary)
• Ireland (primary)

Themes

• irish_american_community
• emigration_from_ireland

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980
• Berehaven Murphys

Tags

• source_secondary_family
• candidate_family
• oral_history

Related sources

• 1866-02 — Ireland Civil Registry of Births — District of Kilcatherine, Union of Castletown, Co. Cork — 1866 Kilcatherine RD birth register page — contains a Hanley-maiden-name entry (pending vision pass)

Open questions

• Audio/tape source of the (27:36) timestamp — does it exist? If found, full transcription would yield more genealogical detail.
• Cum (townland) — modern Irish spelling unverified. Possibly "Coom" or "Cum an [...]" — Beara has multiple Coom-prefix townlands.
• Crhereelco placename — modern Irish form would help anchor Timothy Murphy's location.
• Are the Harrington-Murphy-Hanley-Verling families of the Allihies hotel line kin to the JJM Murphy-Lyne family? Both are Beara Catholic families of the same era; the Hanley surname might bridge them.