John Murphy
Irish bellfounder (fl. 1837-1879)

John Murphy

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Irish bellfounder (fl. 1837-1879)
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John Murphy (fl. 1837 - 1879) was an Irish bellfounder. His foundry cast bells for many churches in Ireland and elsewhere.

List of towers with bells by the Murphy foundry

  • Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St. John's (1863)
  • Thurles Cathedral (1867)
  • Cork R.C. Cathedral (1870)
  • John's Lane, Dublin (1872)
  • Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (1844, 1845, 1877)
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne (1852)
  • Church of the Immaculate Conception, Wexford (single bell in 1858, augmented to nine in 1882, recast by Gillett and Johnson in 1931)
  • St. Audoen's Church, Dublin (1864, 1880)
  • Christ Church, Glandore (1889)
  • Mount St. Alphonsus (Redemptorist Church), Limerick (1878, all recast by John Taylor & Co in 1947)