National Gallery of Ireland (born 1893). 12 April – Sam English, association football player (born 1908). 22 April – Walter Macken, novelist, dramatist and actor (born 1915). 4 August – Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick, peer and soldier (born 1888). 14 September – Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh, businessman, politician and philanthropist, Chancellor University of Dublin (born 1874). November – Edward Richards-Orpen, furniture maker and independent member of Seanad Éireann (born 1884). 30 November – Patrick Kavanagh, poet and novelist (born 1904). 18 December – James Everett, Labour Party TD, Cabinet minister (born 1894). 18 December – Florence O'Donoghue, historian and Irish Republican Army intelligence officer (born 1895). 28 December – John Joe O'Reilly, Cumann na nGaedheal party and Fine Gael party TD (born 1881). Full date unknown Mary Devenport O'Neill, poet and dramatist (born 1879). See also 1967 in Irish television References 1960s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland