Brendan Comiskey, Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Ferns. 16 September – Charles McDonald, Fine Gael politician, Cathaoirleach (chair) of Seanad Éireann 1981–1982. 29 September – Ian Lewis, cricketer (died 2004). 16 October – Fred Tiedt, boxer (died 1999). 27 November – Johnny Byrne, writer and script editor (died 2008). 4 December – Noel Peyton, soccer player. 8 December – Michael Woods, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North-East and Cabinet Minister. Full date unknown Pauline Bewick, artist (born in England). Eddie Fullerton, Sinn Féin councillor (killed by the Ulster Defence Association 1991). Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, Irish language activist, poet, writer and publisher. Bob Quinn, filmmaker, writer and photographer. Deaths 23 March – Robert Browne, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Cloyne (born 1844). 8 April – Patrick Joseph Sullivan, mayor of Casper, Wyoming and Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming (born 1865). 17 July – George William Russell ('Æ'), critic, poet, essayist, artist and economist (born 1867). 22 July – William Mulholland, water service engineer in Southern California (born 1855). 9 August – James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington, businessman and philanthropist (born 1849). 15 September – Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet, peer, MP and Seanad member (born 1862). 22 October – Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Unionist leader, barrister and judge (born 1854). References 1930s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland