the final. Births 1 January – Jonas Armstrong, actor. 26 January – Glen Fitzpatrick, soccer player. 31 January – Dan Connor, soccer player. 12 February – Lisa Hannigan, singer and musician. 13 February – Liam Miller, soccer player (died 2018). 24 February – Brian O'Callaghan, soccer player. 26 February – Ronan Curran, Cork hurler. 3 March – Ger Spillane, Cork Gaelic footballer. 22 March – Brendan McGill, soccer player. 23 March – Colin Cryan, soccer player. 10 April – Des Byrne, soccer player. 18 April – John O'Hara, soccer player. 24 April – Maeve Higgins, comedian. 25 April – Thomas Butler, soccer player. 10 May – Barry Cahill, Dublin Gaelic footballer. 14 June – Dominick Joyce, cricketer. 1 July – Tadhg Kennelly, Gaelic footballer, Australian rules football player. 16 July – Tom Kenny, Cork hurler. 25 July – Fergal Devitt, professional wrestler. 1 August – Stephen Hunt, soccer player. 14 August – Brian Hogan, Kilkenny hurler. 1 September – Niall McCarthy, Cork hurler. 12 September – Philip Hughes, soccer player. 14 September – Glenn Cronin, soccer player. 24 September – Richie Byrne, soccer player. 30 September – Cecelia Ahern, author, daughter of Bertie Ahern. 4 October – Alan Bennett, soccer player. 6 October – Graham Barrett, soccer player. 10 October – Una Healy, singer-songwriter. 12 October – John Thompson, soccer player. 17 October – Steven Gray, soccer player. 24 October – David McGill, soccer player. 8 November – Niall O'Brien, cricketer. 15 November – Kevin Grogan, soccer player. 15 November – Brian Shelley, soccer player. 17 November – Sean Godley, poet. 22 November – Jonathan Douglas, soccer player. 8 December – Aidan Price, soccer player. 29 December – Paul Heffernan, soccer player. Full date unknown Derek Hardiman, Galway hurler. Natasha Nic Gairbheith, 2004 Miss Ireland. Seán O'Connor, Limerick hurler. Kevin Tobin, Limerick hurler. Orla Tobin, 2003 Rose of Tralee winner. Deaths 1 January – Sir Anthony Esmonde, 15th Baronet, Fine Gael TD and MEP (born 1899). 21 January – Norman Stronge, Ulster Unionist Party politician and Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons for 23 years (born 1894). 8 April – Gretta Bowen, artist (born 1880). 2 May – Tommy Moroney, soccer and rugby player (born 1923). 17 June – Nora Connolly O'Brien, political activist, daughter of James Connolly (born 1892). 2 July – Billy Gillespie, soccer player (born 1891). 7 July – Donal Foley, Irish Times journalist. 21