Michael Murphy (born 6 February 1942) is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.
Active in Irish republicanism after getting involved with the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association of the 1960s, he worked as a publican.
In 1996, he was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Sinn Féin in South Down.
He was again elected as a councillor for Newry and Mourne District Council from the Crotlieve electoral area in 2005.
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