My great grandfather
Paul Murphy supposedly born in Kilkenny,
going by census 1901 c.1840.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Waterford/Waterford_Urban_No__3/Barrack_Street/1764168/Going by death cert 3-3-1907 Age Given 58 (I have a civil research copy)
Waterford Gaol record from 1901 (truancy) also states Kilkenny City, Age given 61. (1)
Paul Murphy was a Stonemason\Stone Cutter,
his father Joseph Murphy was also a Stonemason\Stone Cutter
who was deceased prior to Pauls wedding in 1882, Waterford.
I have a civil research copy of Paul's wedding in 1882,
Holy Trinity Within (The Cathedral) Waterford.
I have seen somewhere that the mother of Paul Murphy was " Ellen "
(can't find it currently)
Notes
(1) "Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924," index and images, FamilySearch (
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMQJ-NRK : accessed 27 Jul 2014), Paul Murphy, 1901; citing "Irish Prison Registers 1790-1924," Brightsolid; Waterford, Waterford, Ireland, Waterford Prison, item 2, book 1/39/19, National Archives, Dublin; FHL microfilm 2356961.