10 January – Brian Cowen, Taoiseach (Fianna Fáil party). 13 March – Adam Clayton, bass player for U2. 13 March - Paul Colton, Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork 1 April – Séamus McElwaine, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (killed in 1986). 14 April – Liam Buckley, association football player and manager. 29 April – Seán O'Connor, businessman, member of the Seanad in 1982. 10 May – Bono, lead singer with U2. 14 May – Ronan Tynan, tenor. 23 May – Christy Dignam, lead singer with Aslan. 24 May – Packie Bonner, association football goalkeeper for Glasgow Celtic. 11 June – Dave Henderson, association football player. 28 June – Paul Dean, rugby player. 1 July – Trevor Sargent, Teachta Dála (TD) representing Dublin North and leader of the Green Party. 4 July – Phil Hogan, Fine Gael party TD for Carlow–Kilkenny. 23 July – Gabrielle Reidy, actress (died 2014) 1 August – Micheál Martin, Taoiseach (Fianna Fáil). 10 August – Alan Campbell, association football player. September – Maurice Seezer, musician. 14 October – Seán Power, Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare South and Minister of State. 17 October – Bernadette Nolan, singer and actress. 25 November – Mick Neville, association football player and coach. 25 December – Tonie Walsh, gay rights activist, journalist, and disc jockey. Full date unknown Declan Lowney, television and film director. Tom Reilly, historian, author, and newspaper columnist. Vincent Woods, poet and playwright. Deaths 21 January – Matt Moore, film actor (born 1888). 13 February – Seán McLoughlin, nationalist and communist activist (born 1895). 26 February – Amby Power, Clare hurler (born 1887). 12 May – Augustine Kelly, cricketer (born 1894). 13 June – Ken McArthur, winner of the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (born 1881). 7 July – Francis Browne, Jesuit priest and photographer (born 1880). 20 July – Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore, soldier and Deputy Lieutenant for County Fermanagh (born 1913). 27 July – Ethel Lilian Voynich, novelist and musician (born 1864). 23 September – Henry Barniville, member of the Seanad from 1922 to 1960 representing the National University of Ireland. 6 October – Hubert de Burgh, cricketer (born 1879). 23 October – Seumas MacManus, writer (born 1867). 25 October – Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (born 1884). 14 December – Michael J. Stack, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (born 1888). Undated – Annie