2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)

Subject: Obit: Ashling Murphy, Shane O'Connor Lunny
From: Thompson
Date: 14 Jan 22 - 08:42 PM

Ashling Murphy, primary teacher and promising musician who played fiddle at local events, was murdered on Thursday while out on a run by the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly.
Vigils have been held all over the country, in every town and city including huge ones in Dublin, Limerick and Belfast, with traditional musicians celebrating Ashling's life, including her friends playing impromptu before the Dail. The Late Late Show, RTÉ's Friday night chat show, was a wake, with a circle of musicians playing and singing traditional songs and sean-nós, while her fiddle sat silent on an empty chair in the circle.
It was particularly poignant in a week in which Sinéad O'Connor and Dónal Lunny were mourning the death of their seventeen-year-old son.

Subject: RE: 2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)
From: Thompson
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 05:15 AM

A couple of Twitter links of the Comhaltas and other players who played at this countrywide virtual wake:

https://twitter.com/patrickdextervc/status/1481935978541498376?s=20

https://twitter.com/KateBHdj/status/1481696162054918149?s=20

https://twitter.com/SamanthaLibreri/status/1482021016574562308?s=20

https://twitter.com/TVconormac/status/1482022825942990850?s=20

https://twitter.com/LizDunphy1/status/1482026110686838784?s=20

https://twitter.com/FrancesW96/status/1482053188991737863?s=20

https://twitter.com/CateMcCurry/status/1482030574365810691?s=20

https://twitter.com/fionnansheahan/status/1481714938792095745?s=20

Subject: RE: 2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)
From: Thompson
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 05:47 AM

And Anach Cuain from the Late Late

https://twitter.com/AidanOSulliva15/status/1482148992565846020?s=20

Subject: RE: 2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)
From: Felipa
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 09:30 AM

Ashling aka Aisling (same pronunciation) was a fine fiddler, and she also taught music. Two clips of Ashling playing are shared to the Mudcat facebook page.

a fiddle recital for Tullamore Tradfest 2021; Ashling plays at approx. 17 min into the programme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2RCkMzed7g

Aisling playing fiddle along with her sister Amy on concertina, Tradfest 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1BaXCwpuA0

And here are the Murphy sisters playing Charlie Lennon's No.4 & Joe Tom's Reel in 2020

Subject: RE: 2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)
From: Felipa
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 09:59 AM

the Late Late Show 14 Jan 2022 https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-late-late-show/SI0000001694

Subject: RE: 2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)
From: Felipa
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 10:09 AM

Ir isn't yet known who assaulted this young woman, but the working theory is that she was the victim of a random attack by a person she didn't know. The police have interviewed a couple of suspects, and say they are making progress in their enquiries. I know the first person to be held has been released and is no longer a suspect.

Subject: RE: 2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)
From: Thompson
Date: 15 Jan 22 - 10:52 AM

Ashling's killing has aroused a dormant rage among Irish women about the level of male violence in the country. One figure going around is that if you went to a one-hour vigil for each woman killed by a man in Ireland since 1996 you'd be on vigil for a fortnight.

Subject: RE: 2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 16 Jan 22 - 10:47 AM

Tragic. I have added Ashling to the "In Memoriam" thread and send my condolences to all those who know and love her and hope the case is solved soon. RIP

Subject: RE: 2022 Obit: Ashling Murphy (Co Offaly)
From: Thompson
Date: 17 Jan 22 - 02:09 AM

Thank you, Waddon Pete.