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"Sighted the coast of Brazil the 28 th": John Murphy's journey to South America in 1863
- Author(s):
- Edmundo Murray (see profile)
- Date:
- 2010
- Group(s):
- Global & Transnational Studies, History, Irish Diaspora Histories
- Subject(s):
- Ireland, Area studies, Migration, Internal--Study and teaching, Transportation, History, Brazil
- Item Type:
- Online publication
- Tag(s):
- Emigrant letters, Steam Boats, argentina, Irish studies, Migration studies, Transport history
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/97ma-jk29
- Abstract:
- John Murphy (1822-1909) was born in Haysland, Kilrane parish of County Wexford, the eldest son of the farmer Nicholas Murphy and his wife, Katherine, née Sinnott. It was a typical Catholic middle-class family of Wexford farmers. In 1844, as a member of an emigrant group organized by Kilrane merchant James Pettit, John Murphy went to Liverpool, sailed to the Río de la Plata region and settled in Buenos Aires. He first worked digging ditches in the district of Chascomús, and then as a shepherd in Chacabuco. In 1854 Murphy purchased land in Salto and established the successful sheep-farm "La Flor del Uncalito", in which many other Irish immigrants (including his brothers William and Patrick) would work as shepherds and ranch hands. When his mother died in 1861, John Murphy went to Ireland to visit the family and returned to Argentina in 1863.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
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- Pub. URL:
- https://www.irlandeses.org/murphyjourney.htm
- Publisher:
- Society for Irish Latin American Studies
- Pub. Date:
- 18 July 2010
- Website:
- Society for Irish Latin American Studies
- Section:
- The Journey
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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"Sighted the coast of Brazil the 28 th": John Murphy's journey to South America in 1863