| Office: | Parliamentary Secretary |
| Suboffice: | Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Subterm: | 1973–1977 |
| Office1: | Teachta Dála |
| Term Start1: | October 1961 |
| Term End1: | June 1981 |
| Constituency1: | Cork South-West |
| Term Start2: | May 1951 |
| Term End2: | October 1961 |
| Constituency2: | Cork West |
| Party: | Labour Party |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1919 |
| Birth Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
| 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, he was reassigned to the separate posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture 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]