Fr. Murphy Centre, Boolavogue 3.53

Fr. John Murphy was the Curate at Boolavogue from 1785 to 1798. He lived with the Donoghue family in the Townsland of Tomnaboley (an Irish word that means "the place for gathering the cows") which is now known as the Fr. Murphy Centre. until he went to lead the local insurgents in the 1798 Rebellion.