Cork hurler. 15 September – Tommy Carberry, National Hunt jockey and trainer (died 2017). 18 September – Michael Hartnett, poet (died 1999). 2 October – Donal Moynihan, Fianna Fáil TD. 5 October – Phil Larkin, Kilkenny hurler. 13 October – Mick Doyle, rugby player and coach (died in car crash 2004). 20 October – Mike Murphy, television and radio broadcaster. 11 November – Eddie Keher, Kilkenny hurler. 23 November – Derek Mahon, poet (died 2020). 1 December – Fiachra Trench, musician and composer. 2 December – William Lee, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1993– ). 10 December – Fionnula Flanagan, actress. (Fionnghuala Manon Flanagan) Full date unknown Jonathan Bardon, historian and author. James Coleman, installation and video artist. Cyril Dunne, Galway Gaelic footballer. Paddy Flanagan, cyclist (died 2000). Eamon Grennan, poet. Sean Matgamna, Trotskyist theorist. Deaths 6 January – F. R. Higgins, poet and theatre director (born 1896). 10 January – John Lavery, artist (born 1856). 13 January – James Joyce, writer and poet (born 1882). 15 February – Andrew Jameson, public servant, businessman and Seanad member (born 1855). 19 February – Hamilton Harty, conductor and composer (born 1879). 13 March – Finlay Jackson, cricketer and rugby player (born 1901). 1 April – Jennie Wyse Power, member of the Seanad from 1922 to 1936. 19 May – Lola Ridge, anarchist poet and editor (born 1873). 4 July – William John English, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Vlakfontein, South Africa (born 1882). 19 August – John T. Browne, Mayor of Houston, Texas (born 1845). 9 September – William Gerard Barry, painter (born 1864). 11 September – John MacLoughlin, elected for 9 years to Seanad from 1922 as an Independent. 11 October – Mildred Anne Butler, painter (born 1858). 26 November – James Jackman, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1941 at Tobruk, Libya; killed in action the next day (born 1916). Full date unknown Sidney Royse Lysaght, writer (born 1856). References Independent Ireland in World War II 1940s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland