Shaun Murphy
Current Company and Position: Council Representative for the New York City District Council of Carpenters
Family: Laura Murphy- wife; Ciara Murphy – daughter.
First Job: Delivering groceries for C-Town on Bainbridge Ave in the Bronx.
What it taught me: How to be responsible and that reliability is everything! It taught me about all different types of people and personalities, how to stay calm, polite, and professional no matter the interaction.
Best advice you could give someone starting out: Show up on time and be consistent. Stay humble and treat everyone with respect. Always strive to be better, the worst thing you can do is nothing!
Who is your hero and why? My wife Laura. She stands by me through all challenges in life and makes me want to better myself continuously. She puts Ciara and me first without question and everything she does in life is for our benefit.
Biography: Shaun was born in Kilmallock Co. Limerick Ireland to Ger and Gerardine Murphy in 1981. At the age of 6, Shaun moved to The Bronx with his parents and began his life in the US. After a brief return to Ireland at the age of 16, he then returned to New York at the age of 18 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Shaun quickly went up the ranks and was promoted to Sgt before he was discharged in 2003.
Shaun now lives in Yonkers with wife of ten years, Laura, also a Kilmallock native, and his 8-year-old daughter Ciara.
Shaun’s almost 25-year career in construction began when he joined the carpenters union in 2007. Prior to that he attended Berkeley College for Marketing. Shaun took his position as a Council Representative for the New York City Council of Carpenters in Oct 2024.
