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Louth / Re: MURTAGH OF DUNDALK
« on: Wednesday 10 September 08 16:51 BST (UK) »
I am descended from a branch of the Murtaughs that all left Dundalk in 1855 and went to Sunderland, Co. Durham in north-east England. Patrick and John ended up as "Murtha" and that is the name that stuck down the generations.
In fact even in the original baptismal records,al three variations of the spelling are present within the family:
Murtha
Murtaugh
Murthaugh
There are still lots of Murthas in Sunderland although my grandfather who married Dorothy Murtha moved to London between the wars.
In fact even in the original baptismal records,al three variations of the spelling are present within the family:
Murtha
Murtaugh
Murthaugh
There are still lots of Murthas in Sunderland although my grandfather who married Dorothy Murtha moved to London between the wars.