veteran of the Irish War of Independence, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler (died 1965). 25 April – Cormac Breslin, Fianna Fáil party Teachta Dála (TD) and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1978). 29 April – Francis Stuart, writer (died 2000). 20 July – Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (died 1984). 21 July – William Bernard Barry, politician in the United States (died 1946 in the United States). 16 August – Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (died 1937 in Northern Ireland). 4 September – Patrick Lenihan, Fianna Fáil party TD (died 1970). 11 September – Frank Ryan, member of the Irish Republican Army, editor of An Phoblacht, leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (died 1944). 16 September – James Dillon, former leader of the Fine Gael party, TD and government minister (died 1986). 2 October – Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester, born Viscount Mandeville, British Royal Navy officer and hereditary peer (died 1977 in England). 16 December – Billy King, cricketer (died 1987). 29 December – Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford, politician, dramatist, and poet (died 1961). December – Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (died 1999). Full date unknown Thekla Beere, civil servant (died 1991). Frank Carney, playwright and civil servant (died 1978). Maurice Gorham, journalist and broadcasting executive (died 1978). Patrick MacDonogh, poet (died 1961). Deaths 20 January – Aubrey Thomas de Vere, poet and critic (born 1814). 12 February – Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, politician, diplomat, and traveller (born 1826 in Florence). 10 March – C. Y. O'Connor, engineer in Australia (born 1843). 21 April – Ethna Carbery, writer and poet (born 1866). 29 May – Edward Harrington, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kerry 1885–1892 (born c.1852) 20 July – John William Mackay, businessman in the United States (born 1831). 22 July – Thomas Croke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, founder patron of the Gaelic Athletic Association (born 1824). 23 December – Lucius Gwynn, cricketer (born 1873). Full date unknown John O'Hart, genealogist (born 1824). References Ireland