Family of late model Lisa Murphy express 'sincere gratitude' to hospital staff

Lisa Murphy. File picture: Marc O'Sullivan

The family of the late model Lisa Murphy have expressed their “sincere gratitude” to all the staff at St Vincent’s Hospital, and in particular the oncology department, for their “care and support over the years”.

Ms Murphy, of Ballinteer Co Dublin, passed away on Thursday at the age of just 51 after “bravely fighting a long illness”.  She was predeceased by her older brother Paul and is survived by her parents Des and Eileen and her siblings Noel and Kira. 

She will be “sadly missed” by her parents, brother, sister, her nieces Sophia, Alanna, Megan and nephews Charlie, Josh and Louis, brother-in-law Gavin, sister-in-law Shiona, her extended family, and a wide circle of friends.

Ms Murphy will lie in repose at the Larry Massey Funeral Home, Eden Centre, Grange Road, Rathfarnham on Monday from 2pm to 4pm. Her funeral mass will take place at 11am on Tuesday in the Church of St John the Evangelist in Ballinteer followed by burial in Mount Venus Cemetery.

The former beauty salon owner was a member of the Dublin Wives reality TV show on TV3 in 2012 and 2013. She was a familiar face on the Irish social scene during the Celtic Tiger years and was previously engaged to Irish dancer Michael Flatley. 

She also had a long-term relationship with solicitor Gerald Kean.

Gerald Kean and Lisa Murphy. Picture: : Gareth Chaney Collins

Tributes

Tributes have been made to Ms Murphy on social media. Mr Kean told RTÉ that Lisa was a “truly wonderful lady” with whom he had shared “a lot of happy times.” 

Michael Flatley told the Irish Independent that he had visited Lisa in hospital prior to her passing. He said she was a “lovely caring person.” 

Former Miss World Rosanna Davison said that she had “great memories” of Lisa who was a “really kind, bubbly, fun, really sweet woman.” 

Cork businessman Michael Mulcahy said that his late friend was “so genuine, so kind and so lovely.”