James Murphy (Irish politician)

{{Short description|Irish politician (1887–1961)}}

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| name = James Murphy

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = August 1923

| term_end = June 1937

| constituency = Louth

| term_start1 = May 1921

| term_end1 = August 1923

| constituency1 = Louth–Meath

| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Louth, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|10|7|1887|12|28|df=y}}

| death_place = County Louth, Ireland

| party = {{Ubl|Sinn Féin|Cumann na nGaedheal|Fine Gael}}

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James Edward Murphy (28 December 1887 – 7 October 1961) was an Irish politician. A draper, he was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the Second Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Louth–Meath constituency.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/James-Edward-Murphy.D.1921-08-16/|title=James Murphy|work=Oireachtas Members Database|accessdate=13 December 2008}} He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of it. He was re-elected as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=8466|title=James Murphy|work=ElectionsIreland.org|accessdate=13 December 2008}}

At the 1923 general election, he was elected as a Cumann na nGaedheal TD for the Louth constituency. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the 1937 general election. While a TD, he attended a Nazi-sponsored conference in Berlin where he expressed antisemitic views.{{Cite book |last=Traynor |first=Jack |title=General Eoin O'Duffy: The Political Life of an Irish Firebrand |publisher=McFarland & Co |year=2024 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |pages=142-143}}

He was a founding member of Council 32 of the Knights of St Columbanus in Drogheda and was secretary for many years and was Grand Knight in 1942 and 1943. He is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery.