Honour for man who sparked 1913 Lockout

The man who triggered the Dublin Lockout should be judged on all of his achievements and not just on his role in Ireland’s greatest industrial conflict, his descendants have said.

Gerald Dunne, a great grandson of William Martin Murphy, was speaking after a plaque was unveiled at his ancestor’s birthplace in West Cork.

Murphy, whose family came from Bere Island, was born in Derrymihin West, Castletownbere, on Dec 31, 1844.