I was born on November 18th, 1972 in Mount Carmel hospital (Dr. McVey presiding) in Dublin. We lived for my first 5 years on the Roscommon side of Carrick-On-Shannon. We then moved to the Leitrim (more trendy if that's possible) side for a further 2 years. We then headed for Bandon (in West Cork) where we lived for 5 years, followed by about a year and a half in Cork city. After that it was up to Dublin where I lived in Glenageary for about 12 years. After university I worked with Kerridge Computers for a year and then Esat Digifone for about a year and a half. On July 15th, 1998 I headed off to Vienna to work for CSC as a contractor on-site in Mobilkom Austria. In May 1999 I moved to Munich (still with CSC) where I live with my long suffering girlfriend Kathrin.
ROGER
(Ruaidhri)
Variants: Rodger, Rogerio, Rogers, Rutger
Diminutives: Rog, Rodge
Origin: Roger is from the Old German name Ruod-Ger, meaning "Famous Spearman". The name can also be derived from the Old English name Hrothgar.
Saints Day: 4th January
Roger is known as a lover of nature. He respects the earth and the environment in general. He is a great influencer of people to his point of view.
MURPHY
O Murchu
The Murphys are the descendants of the Gaelic Irish septs of O Murcadha and MacMurchadha. The name is derived from the personal name "Murchadh", meaning "Sea Warrior". The name Murphy arose in a number of different locations independantly. One sept were located in County Wexford where they were a branch of the MacMurroughs. Another sept were to be found in County Tyrone, from where they moved to County Armagh. The name also arose in Counties Cork and Roscommon. Today, the name Murphy, is the most numerous name in Ireland being around 55,000 members strong. It is the number one name in Counties Wexford, Armagh and Carlow; number two in Cork and Kildare, number three in Kilkenny, Louth and Wicklow and number four in Dublin and Kerry. The name was remarkable for the number of churchmen it provided throughout the centuries. Edward Murphy, Archbishop of Dublin; John Murphy, Bishop of Cork, Francis Murphy of Co. Meath, Bishop of Adelaide in Australia. Murphy application to success was undiminished and its members achieved all over the world as administrators, lawyers, medicine, in police forces, industry and commercial activity. In 1825, James Murphy of Ringmahon, with other family members, founded James Murphy & Co. Distillers. It has become synonymous with Cork ever since. In the year 1867 becoming Cork Distillers Ltd, by joining with other brewers and distillers in the region. In 1966 a further amalgamation, with Powers & Jameson created Irish Distillers Ltd.