opinion

[emchy]

what last name is "more irish"?
o'malley
or
murphy?

Comments

[knowyermonkey.livejournal.com]

that's a tie

[cindymonkey.livejournal.com]

THAT is exactly what i said...
but i was overruled
hence the public opinion court of LJ

i was told
an O' or a Mc out-irished Murphy any day - which just seems silly

[knowyermonkey.livejournal.com]

clearly they don't know about Mrs. Murphy and her chowder

[substitute.livejournal.com]

They seem about even. The only thing more Irish would be someone named Murphy O'Malley.

[kamikazeboy.livejournal.com]

O'Malley, hands down. But for a character, I would go with Murphy cuz it is less over the top.

they cancel each other out

[nerak-g.livejournal.com]

in deference to
Houlihan.


I know more Irish folks with this name than any other. Including my fag brother from another mother.

[daveroguesf.livejournal.com]

O'Malley, definitely.

[pearlsb4swine.livejournal.com]

http://www.clanmurphy.com/clanhistory.html

Note last sentence: "The surname Murphy and the variant forms is the most common surname in the whole of Ireland."