Re: Travelers, Murphy Village - JIM MOORE
Subject: Re: Travelers, Murphy Village
From: JIM MOORE
Date: March 21, 1998

CALDWELL wrote:
> 
> I saw the piece on the Travellers and Murphy Village.  Where is
> Murphy Village, what county?

"Murphy Village" is in Belvedere, Aiken County, SC, and is "on" Highway 25.
It was originally a trailer park, but as they developed the area into something more 
permanent, the "Irish Gypseys" as they were known locally, named it for the then 
parish priest at Lady of Peace Catholic Church, in North Augusta, a Father Murphy.


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