Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
- Winners: Bohemians
- Winners: Shamrock Rovers 2 - 1 Cork
Golf
Births
January to March
- January - Syd Cheatle, playwright and novelist.
- 2 February - Tony Ryan, businessman and philanthropist, founder of Guinness Peat Aviation and one of founders of Ryanair (d.2007).
- 12 February - Monica Barnes, former Fine Gael Teachta Dála.
- 17 February - Joe Haverty, soccer player.
- 18 February - Ciaran Bourke, musician, one of the original members of the The Dubliners (d.1988).
- 3 March - Christopher Jones, Bishop of Elphin (1994 - ).
- 11 March - Pat Brady, soccer player.
- 15 March - David Andrews, former Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Chairman of the Irish Red Cross.
- March - Vincent Brady, Fianna Fáil politician, served as Government Chief Whip and Minister for Defence.
April to June
- 1 April - Gerry O\'Sullivan, Labour Party (Ireland) TD, Minister of State and Lord Mayor of Cork (d.1994).
- 7 April - Mick McGrath, soccer player and manager.
- 19 April - Séamus Pattison, Labour Party TD and former Ceann Comhairle.
- 7 May - Tony O\'Reilly, former rugby player and businessman.
- 8 May - Michael O\'Leary, former Tánaiste and Labour Party leader (d.2006).
- 6 June - William Murphy, Bishop of Kerry (1995 - ).
- 8 June - Michael O\'Leary, former leader of the Labour Party, Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister.
- 9 June - Mick O\'Dwyer, former Gaelic footballer and manager.
July to September
October to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
- 10 January - William Kenny, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1914 near Ypres, Belgium (b.1880).
- 26 January - Francis O\'Neill, police officer in America and collector of Irish traditional music (b.1848).
- February - Harry Corley, cricketer (b.1878).
- 20 March - Justin Huntly McCarthy, politician and author (b.1859).
- 24 March - Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville, Royal Navy Hydrographic Surveyor, murdered by Irish Republican Army (b.1863).
- 6 June - Edward Duggan, solicitor, member 1st Dáil (Pro Treaty), representing South Meath, Minister for Home Affairs (1922).
July to December
- 14 July - William Cosgrove, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 at the Battle of Gallipoli, Turkey (b.1888).
- 14 July - Patrick Hogan, Sinn Féin and Cumann na nGaedhael TD (b.1891).
- 22 July - Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet, diplomat and politician (b.1896).
- 29 July - Frank Gavan Duffy, fourth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia (b.1852).
- 8 September - John Sweetman, politician, one of founders of Sinn Féin and second President of the party in 1908 (b.1844).
- 27 October - William Morgan Jellett, Irish Unionist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom (b.1857).
- 30 November - Jimmy Elwood, footballer (b.1901).
- 1 December - Hugh Kennedy, only Attorney-General of Southern Ireland, first Attorney-General of the Irish Free State and first Chief Justice of the Irish Free State (b.1879).
- 16 December - Lowry Hamilton, cricketer (b.1869).
Full date unknown
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