novelist and short story writer (born 1899). 13 March – Eddie Ingram, cricketer (born 1910). 8 April – E. R. Dodds, classical scholar (born 1893). 9 April – Warren Lewis, soldier and historian, brother of C. S. Lewis (born 1895). 17 May – Lory Meagher, Kilkenny hurler (born 1899). 18 May – Ronald Ossory Dunlop, painter and author (born 1894). 21 May – Eugene O'Callaghan, Bishop of Clogher 1943–1969 (born 1888). 24 May – Bryan Cusack, doctor, Sinn Féin party Member of Parliament (MP), member of the first Dáil (born 1882). 7 April – John Charles McQuaid, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland (born 1895). 7 July – Seán MacEoin, major general, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet minister (born 1893). 25 July – Michael Davern, Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary South 1948–1965 (born 1900). 18 August – Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Ulster Unionist Party MP, third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1888). 21 August – Dinny Barry-Murphy, Cork hurler (born 1903). 20 September – Patrick O'Keeffe, member of First Dáil representing North Cork. 26 October – Tomás Bairéad, journalist and author (born 1893). 31 October – Elizabeth Watkins, born in Ireland, died as the oldest person in the world (born 1863). 4 December – Tom McEllistrim, Fianna Fáil TD (born 1894). See also 1973 in Irish television References 1970s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland