The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Sources
Census information 1901/1911 of son Michael (James doesn't appear in this record - perhaps it was used to guess James' birthplace and year of birth?)
Son's Marriage: "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV8-L7BD : 4 February 2020), Michael Murphy and Catherine English, Marriage 09 Feb 1868, Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,524.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: