Cathal Ó Murchadha

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Cathal Ó Murchadha (English: Charles Murphy; 16 February 1880–28 April 1958) was an Irish politician and republican. He was born in Albert Place East, Dublin. He was a member of the Boland's Mills Garrison under the command of Éamon de Valera during the 1916 Rising and was interned in Frongoch after the Rising. He was manager of Arthur Griffith's newspapers, Nationality and United Irishman, and looked after these during Griffith's periods of imprisonment.

He was elected to the 2nd Dáil in the 1921 Irish elections as a TD for the Dublin South constituency representing Sinn Féin. He was not re-elected in the 1922 election, was again elected to the 4th Dáil in the 1923 general election but did not take his seat. He was defeated in the June 1927 general election.

Following the Treaty, he sided with the anti-Treaty side. He was a member one of the seven signatories of the document which transferred the supposed authority of the Second Dáil on 17 December 1938 to the Army Council of the IRA. He died on 28 April 1958.