This surname is of Irish origin, and is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic O'Broithe, the prefix O denoting male descendant of, plus the personal name Broth. The surname is widespread in counties Leix and Kilkenny.ilkenny, three times mayor of Ballarat, Australia, was a well known public figure there in the 1870's. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Brophy, which was dated 1659, in the Census of Population, during the reign of Richard Cromwell, known as The Lord Protector, 1658 - 1660.
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