Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
- Winners: Bohemians
- Winners: Cork 2 - 1 St James\' Gate
Golf
Births
January to June
- 12 January - Edmond Carmody, Roman Catholic bishop in the Diocese of Corpus Christi.
- 21 January - Audrey Dalton, actress.
- 3 February - Joseph Duffy, Bishop of Clogher.
- 7 February - Rory O\'Hanlon, Fianna Fail TD for Cavan Monaghan, former Cabinet Minister and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann.
- 6 March - Mella Carroll, former judge of the High Court (d.2006).
- 1 May - Rory Kiely, former Fianna Fáil Senator, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann 2002–2007
- 4 May - Patrick O\'Donoghue, fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Lancaster in England.
- 19 May - Mark Hely Hutchinson, son of 7th Earl of Donoughmore, chief executive of Guinness Ireland and group chief executive, Bank of Ireland (1983 - 1991).
- 29 May - Mick Meagan, soccer player and manager.
- 4 June - Seamus Elliott, road bicycle racer (d.1971).
July to December
- 13 July - Brian McCracken, Justice of the Supreme Court, sole member of The McCracken Tribunal into certain payment by Ben Dunne to Charles Haughey and Michael Lowry.
- 29 July - Patrick Coveney, Roman Catholic Archbishop.
- 30 July - Kathleen O\'Connor, teacher and former Clann na Poblachta TD for Kerry North, and the youngest-ever woman elected to Dáil Éireann (at a by-election in 1956)
- 5 August - Gay Byrne, broadcaster and former host of the Late Late Show.
- 16 September - Ronnie Drew, singer and folk musician, with The Dubliners.
- 23 September - Thomas Kilroy, playwright and novelist.
- 26 October - Walton Empey, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland (1996 - 2002).
- 30 October - Noel Dwyer, soccer player.
- 12 November - John McGahern, writer (d.2006).
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Deaths
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