Barry Murphy (born 5 October 1985) is an Irish swimmer from Dublin, Ireland.
Despite his setting of the 50 m and 100 m freestyle national records in 2008, Murphy just missed qualifying for Ireland's team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He did, however, manage to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Murphy was educated at Belvedere College, Dublin, he is a member of Aer Lingus Swimming Club(ALS).
In September 2005, Murphy began attending, and competing for, the USA's University of Tennessee; the 2008–09 school year marked his senior year of swimming for the Tennessee Volunteers.