ok so! both sides of the family (murphy's and kennedy's) are from belfast but relocated to dublin in the 60s or 70s, i can't remember when rn. the murphy's (all boys) have direct ties to the IRA with at least one brother having done time in long kesh for gun-running so if you want to have some kind of weird family secret in elodie's life then this is the family for you. got a whole little essay on this stowed away if you so choose this side!
the kennedy's were more removed and had conflicting feelings about their daughter marrying into the other family because of it. they sympathized as they're catholic and want a united ireland as well but the violence wasn't for them. ~tourmaline's mom is on this side so there would be another cousin in game, and they came to boston when she was young!
the family is all close in a pretty stereotypically irish catholic way. mass and family dinners are a regular occurance kind of thing. jess is very, very close to her family, but a murphy so she has secrets to keep still