Michael Pat Murphy

Michael Pat Murphy
Michael Pat Murphy
Parliamentary Secretary
1977	Agriculture
1977	Fisheries
1973–1977	Agriculture and Fisheries
Teachta Dála
	In office; October 1961 – June 1981
Constituency	Cork South-West
	In office; May 1951 – October 1961
Constituency	Cork West
Personal details
Born	12 March 1919; County Cork, Ireland
Died	28 October 2000 (aged 81); County Cork, Ireland
Political party	Labour Party
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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]^[1] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Michael Murphy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
^ "Michael Murphy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
^ "Appointment of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries". Dáil Debates – Vol. 265 No. 2. 14 March 1973. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Transfer of Departmental Functions: Statement by Taoiseach". Dáil Debates – 296 No. 7. 8 February 1977. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Kerry locals sing a favourite's praises". The Irish Times. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2022.