{{Short description|Irish politician (1919–2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | office = Parliamentary Secretary | suboffice = Agriculture | subterm = 1977 | suboffice1 = Fisheries | subterm1 = 1977 | suboffice2 = Agriculture and Fisheries | subterm2 = 1973–1977 | office3 = Teachta Dála | term_start3 = October 1961 | term_end3 = June 1981 | constituency3 = Cork South-West | term_start4 = May 1951 | term_end4 = October 1961 | constituency4 = Cork West | party = Labour Party | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|3|12|df=y}} | birth_place = County Cork, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|10|28|1919|3|12|df=y}} | death_place = County Cork, Ireland | alma_mater = | education = | spouse = | children = | relatives = John O'Donoghue (son-in-law) }} '''Michael Patrick Murphy''' (12 March 1919 – 28 October 2000) was an Irish Labour Party politician. A publican before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork West constituency at the 1951 general election.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Michael-Pat-Murphy.D.1951-06-13/|title=Michael Murphy|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=31 January 2008}}</ref> He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he retired at the 1981 general election.
From 1961 he was elected for the Cork South-West constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1876|title=Michael Murphy|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=31 January 2008}}</ref> He was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries by the government of the Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave, serving from 1973 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1973-03-28/2/|title=Appointment of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries|date=14 March 1973|access-date=2 August 2022|work=Dáil Debates – Vol. 265 No. 2}}</ref><ref name=oireachtas_db/> In February 1977, on the reorganisation of government departments, he was reassigned to the separate posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Fisheries, serving until May 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-02-08/39/|title=Transfer of Departmental Functions: Statement by Taoiseach|date=8 February 1977|access-date=2 August 2022|work=Dáil Debates – 296 No. 7}}</ref>
In 1985, his daughter Kate Ann married John O'Donoghue, who was later elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry South and served as a government minister and Ceann Comhairle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/kerry-locals-sing-a-favourite-s-praises-1.754234|title=Kerry locals sing a favourite's praises|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=10 October 2009|access-date=2 November 2022}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before = Jackie Fahey}} {{s-ttl|title = Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries |years = 1973–1977}} {{s-aft|after = Thomas Hussey}} {{s-end}} {{Cork West (Dáil constituency)/TDs}} {{Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)/TDs}}
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