Cait Murphy
Writers & Media
Cait Murphy is an assistant managing editor at Fortune magazine in New York, and the author of "Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History." A former Little League infielder, Murphy played softball at Amherst College, where she received her degree in American Studies.
Of Irish descent on both sides, Murphy says, "although our Irish roots are distant, my parents always took a keen interest in things Irish and from 1964-66, packed the whole family off (7 children at the time, 7 2/3 when we returned) to live in Dublin for two years. (My father, an artist who illustrated Prince Valiant from 1970-2004, was able to work from Dublin). This was a wonderful experience that we all remember with vividness and affection. I also studied in Dublin my junior year, taking courses in Irish history and literature. My parents were also founding members of The Wild Geese, an Irish cultural organization based in Fairfield County, Connecticut."
Murphy has four sisters and three brothers, and a quick look at the names demonstrates the family affection for things Irish: John Cullen, Mary Cullen, Katherine Siobhan, Joan Byrne, Robert Finn, Brendan Woods, Cait Naughton and Mairead Walsh.
Her father's family (Murphy and Finn) hailed chiefly from Mayo, while her mother's family (Byrne and Cerbery) immigrated from Limerick and Kildare. Both sides came to this country in the 1880s.
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