{"id":728,"date":"2021-10-28T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/?p=728"},"modified":"2021-10-28T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T21:14:00","slug":"murray-farm-in-barnamaghery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rayson.us\/KRMurray\/2021\/10\/28\/murray-farm-in-barnamaghery\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray Farm in Barnamaghery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Murray Farm Buildings c. 1900<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the many things I learned while visiting with newfound cousins in Ireland in September 2019 is that “our Murrays are the Preagh Murrays”. Preagh Hill can be seen from the old Murray farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preagh Hill, Barnamaghery, N. Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are many Murrays in this part of Ireland. Indeed a usual page in the old Catholic Parish registers from the 1800’s for the immediate parish of Carrickmannon and Sainthood is replete with Murrays, often marrying one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Occupied the Farm?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The following video traces the Murray descendants who occupied and owned the farm from 1831 to 1954. The current owner recorded the land and buildings as they were in 1996. That footage is included at the end of the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n