Events
Sport
Football
- Winners: Sligo Rovers
- Winners: Waterford 2 - 1 St James\' Gate
Gaelic Athletic Association
- Winners: Kerry 4-4 v Cavan 1-7 (played at Croke Park, Dublin)
- Winners: Tipperary 3-11 v Kilkenny 0-3 (played at FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney)
Golf
Births
- 4 January - Mick O\'Connell, former Kerry Gaelic footballer.
- 27 April - Robin Eames, Church of Ireland Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1986 to 2006.
- 20 May - Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh, peer and Seanad member (d.1992).
- 31 May - Mary O\'Rourke, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister.
- 3 June - Ray Brady, soccer player.
- 13 July - Ollie Walsh, Kilkenny hurler (d.1996).
- 19 August - Niall Andrews, Fianna Fáil TD and MEP (d.2006).
- 26 September - Sean Fallon, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1992 until his death. (d.1995)
- October - Richard Johnston, President of the Irish High Court.
- 15 December - Rodney Bernstein, cricketer.
- 25 December - Noel Furlong, businessman and poker player.
Full date unknown
Deaths
- 31 January - Samuel Edgar, cricketer (b.1913).
- 3 February - Thomas Moles, Ulster Unionist MP (b.1871).
- 27 February - Charles Donnelly, poet, killed at the Jarama Front, Spanish Civil War (b.1914).
- 27 June - Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (b.1902).
- 14 July - Thomas Myles, surgeon, Home Ruler, involved in importation of arms for the Irish Volunteers in 1914 (b.1857).
- 5 November - Jack McAuliffe, boxer (b.1886).
- 23 November - Con Collins, Sinn Féin MP (b.1881).
Full date unknown
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