30 September – Charlie McCreevy, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister, European Commissioner. October – Enda Bonner, Fianna Fáil Councillor and Senator. 3 October – Jim McDaid, Fianna Fáil TD representing Donegal North-East and Cabinet Minister. 20 October – Eddie Macken, show jumper. 29 October – Seán Foley, Limerick hurler. 12 November – Dermot Gleeson, barrister, businessman, Attorney General. Full date unknown Sean Delaney, soccer player and coach (died 2004). Johnny Flaherty, Offaly hurler. Pat Moylan, Cork hurler. Nicky Ryan, music producer. Deaths 18 January – James Magee, cricketer (born 1872). 2 March – Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore, high sheriff and councillor (born 1873). 29 April – Timothy J. Murphy, Labour Party (Ireland) TD. 23 May – Dan Comyn, cricketer (born 1872). 12 July – Douglas Hyde, member of the Seanad in 1922 and 1938; first President of Ireland and Gaelic scholar (born 1860). 10 September – Brian Brady, Fianna Fáil TD. 6 October – Robert Wilson Lynd, writer (born 1879). 8 October – Edith Anna Somerville, novelist (born 1858). 14 November – Jimmy Dunne, soccer player (born 1905). References 1940s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland