She and Murphy got married in 2004 and share two children
McGuinness and Murphy tied the knot in 2004 and later welcomed two sons together: Malachy, born in 2005, and Aran, born in 2007.
While McGuinness was pregnant with Malachy, Murphy was filming the 2006 war drama The Wind that Shakes the Barley. The actor later told the The Guardian that filming the movie was one of his favorite acting experiences, in part because he was able to be close to McGuinness.
“I was living at home with my folks, my wife was pregnant with our son, and we were running around the hills of west Cork shooting up Black and Tans. Fantastic!” he described.
That same summer, Batman Begins premiered in theaters and catapulted Murphy’s career to new levels.
They lived in London for decades, but now live in Dublin
“I loved living in London in my 20s and 30s, but after a while you kind of went, ‘Right, is this it? Is this it for the rest of my days? Or is there some other possibility?’ ” Murphy told The Guardian.
He and McGuinness decided to move the family to Dublin in 2015 because they wanted their sons to be closer to their grandparents. “We wanted them to be Irish, I suppose,” he said. “It’s amazing how quickly their accents have adapted. Even within a year of moving back, they are fading into this rakish west Brit kind of thing. Which I think, hopefully, will get them lots of girls when they’re 15.”
They value their privacy
Though McGuinness has Instagram and Twitter accounts, they’re both private, and Murphy isn’t on social media at all. The couple is so closed-lipped about their family life that, though Murphy often does interviews for his blockbuster films, he rarely discusses his wife or children publicly.
They’re both vegetarians
“I was vegetarian for a long time then I relapsed and now I’ve relapsed back to vegetarianism,” Murphy told The Guardian. “My wife is, too.”
