James Vincent Murphy

James Vincent Murphy
Born(1880-07-07)7 July 1880
Innishannon (Knockavilla)
Died5 July 1946(1946-07-05) (aged 65)[1]
Bishop's Stortford
OccupationTranslator, writer, journalist
NationalityIrish
Alma materSt Patrick's College, Maynooth
Notable worksTranslation of Mein Kampf
SpouseMary Murphy

James Vincent Murphy (7 July 1880 – 4 July 1946) was an Irish translator, writer, lecturer and journalist, who published one of the first complete English translations of Mein Kampf in 1939.[1]

Murphy attended St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained a priest at St Patrick's College Chapel in Maynooth, in 1905.[citation needed] He left clerical service, and by the late 1920s was married and working as a journalist.[2] Before the Second World War he lived for some time in Italy and Germany.

  1. ^ a b Murphy, John (14 January 2015). "Why did my grandfather translate Mein Kampf?". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ An Irishman's Diary about the Corkman who translated Mein Kampf by Frank McNally, Irish Times, 23 January 2015.