Boss Murphy Community Fund is a  donor-advised charity established in 2022, funded by the Murphy family and managed by Community Foundation Ireland in honour of John Francis Boss Murphy (1875-1955), from Churchtown, who collected the traditional music of North County Cork between 1933 and 1935. Boss Murphy Community Fund is registered in Ireland number 715829. 

Boss Murphy Community Fund and its predecessor Churchtown Village Renewal Trust have supported many Churchtown-related community projects over the years including Churchtown GAA (now Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels CLG), Churchtown Community Centre, Churchtown National School, Liscarroll National School, Liscarroll Handball Club and others. Where a funding request does not meet the fund’s cultural requirements the Murphy family may still offer financial support.

Boss Murphy Community Fund has also supported CPS Trust Ireland a charity dedicated to providing direct support to local charitable organisations in Zambia. Gerry was appointed a Trustee of CPS in 2025. CPS is an Irish Charity registration number 20206016.

JOHN FRANCIS BOSS MURPHY REFERENCE MATERIAL

Download the 184 page book ‘The Boss Murphy Musical Legacy’   – 15MB. Compiled by Dr Colette Moloney. Published 2003.

Download the 240 page book ‘Boss Murphy: The Music Collector’.  Published July 2020. published in 2020.

Shandrum Céilí Band recorded a CD entitled  ‘The Boss Murphy Musical Legacy’ in 2019. Click on this link to see the launch video on YouTube.

Click on this link to go to the Facebook page of The Shandrum Céilí Band.

See other publications by clicking on the Bruhenny Press link.

For further information contact Gerry Murphy at gmurphy@bruhenny.com or call +353 86 2563 813.