Seamus Murphy

Séamus Murphy (15 July 1907 – 2 October 1975) was an Irish sculptor and stone carver, best known for designing the Church of the Annunciation, Blackpool, Cork.

Examples of his unique carvings of statues, gravestones, monuments and plaques can be found around Ireland, particularly County Cork.

[1] The birth of James (Séamus) Murphy, and that of his twin brother John, is recorded at Fair Street, Mallow, County Cork, on 15 July 1907.

In 1944 he married Maighread Higgins,[6] daughter of the Cork sculptor Joseph Higgins, and they went on to have three children; the knitwear designer Bebhinn Marten, the novelist Orla Murphy and the painter and De Dannan member Colm Murphy.

[citation needed] In the 1945 local elections, he ran unsuccessfully for the minor fascist party Ailtirí na hAiséirghe in Cork Corporation, taking 116 (0.42%) of first preference votes.