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==Personal life== In 2004, Murphy married his longtime girlfriend [[Yvonne McGuinness]], whom he met at one of his rock band's shows in 1996.<ref name="TeleMag">{{cite news|author=McLean, Craig|title=A Close Shave|newspaper=Telegraph Magazine|date=24 December 2005}}</ref> They lived in [[Dublin]] until 2001 when they moved to London so his wife could attend the [[Royal College of Art]]. After 14 years, they moved back to Dublin in 2015. They have two sons, born in 2005 and 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cillian Murphy: If you're an actor, it's essential to live like a normal person |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |date=24 September 2014 |url=http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-features/cillian-murphy-if-youre-an-actor-its-essential-to-live-like-a-normal-person-30611547.html |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618183552/http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-features/cillian-murphy-if-youre-an-actor-its-essential-to-live-like-a-normal-person-30611547.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Irishtimes">{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/persevere-and-keep-having-a-laugh-actor-cillian-murphy-tells-youth-groups-in-galway-1.1676965 |title='Persevere...and keep having a laugh,' actor Cillian Murphy tells youth groups in Galway |newspaper=Irish Times |date=3 February 2014 |first=Lorna |last=Siggins |access-date=30 November 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120539/http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/persevere-and-keep-having-a-laugh-actor-cillian-murphy-tells-youth-groups-in-galway-1.1676965 |url-status=live }}</ref> Murphy was raised [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]. He stated that he had been verging on agnosticism until his role as a physicist and astronaut in the 2007 film ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]'', at which point his views shifted towards [[atheism]].<ref name="Daily Record Golden Boy">{{cite news|author=Fulton, Rick|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DANNY'S+NEW+GOLDEN+BOY%3B+Exclusive+the+BIG+razz+interview+Cillian...-a0161223207|title=Danny's New Golden Boy|newspaper=Daily Record|location=Scotland|date=30 March 2007|access-date=18 July 2007|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017135004/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DANNY%27S+NEW+GOLDEN+BOY%3B+Exclusive+the+BIG+razz+interview+Cillian...-a0161223207|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/killing-time-with-cillian-murphy/|title=Killing time with Cillian Murphy|date=20 July 2017|website=GamesRadar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720133443/https://www.gamesradar.com/killing-time-with-cillian-murphy/|archive-date=20 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019, he said the Catholic faith still shaped his morality.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/cillian-murphy-profile |title=How Cillian Murphy Keeps the Fame Wolves at the Door |work=GQ Style |last=Schube |first=Sam |date=2 October 2019 |access-date=29 September 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004010912/https://www.gq.com/story/cillian-murphy-profile |archive-date=4 October 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/tv-reviews/cillian-murphy-interview-im-not-afraid-to-express-opinions |title=Cillian Murphy interview: 'I'm not afraid to express opinions' |work=TimeOut |date=4 September 2013 |access-date=29 September 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915112519/http://www.timeout.com:80/london/tv-reviews/cillian-murphy-interview-im-not-afraid-to-express-opinions |archive-date=15 September 2013 }}</ref> He was a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] for around 15 years, which he said happened because he was "worried about getting [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|mad cow disease]]" rather than a moral decision.<ref name="PBVeg">{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Roisin|title=Cillian Murphy gave up vegetarianism after 15 years for Peaky Blinders|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/cillian-murphy-vegetarian-peaky-blinders-season-four-release-date-adrien-brody-a7655286.html|work=Independent|date=29 March 2017|access-date=25 August 2017|archive-date=20 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120172050/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/cillian-murphy-vegetarian-peaky-blinders-season-four-release-date-adrien-brody-a7655286.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also had qualms about unhealthy [[agribusiness]] practices.<ref name="Wonderland">{{cite news|author=Wallick, Lee|title=A, B, Cillian–Z|newspaper=Wonderland|date=April–May 2007}}</ref> He began eating meat again to bulk up for his role in ''Peaky Blinders''.<ref name="PBVeg" /> In a 2022 interview, he said he had returned to vegetarianism.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Cumming |work=The Observer |title='It's the end of a big adventure': Cillian Murphy |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 February 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/20/its-the-end-of-a-big-adventure-cillian-murphy-bids-farewell-to-peaky-blinders |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-date=20 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220080953/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/20/its-the-end-of-a-big-adventure-cillian-murphy-bids-farewell-to-peaky-blinders |url-status=live }}</ref>
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