Shamrock Rovers 2 – 1 Drumcondra. Golf Irish Open is won by Dai Rees (Wales). Births 1 January – Johnny Brady, Fianna Fáil TD for Meath West. 29 January – Pat Kenny, presenter of The Late Late Show. 10 February – John Magnier, businessman and leading thoroughbred stud owner. 16 February Séamus Brennan, Fianna Fáil TD and government minister. John Fleming, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killala (2002– ). 18 February – Sinéad Cusack, actress. 2 March – Rory Gallagher, guitarist (died 1995). 10 March – Pat "the Cope" Gallagher, Fianna Fáil TD for Donegal South-West, Minister of State and MEP. 7 April – Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster, peer. 21 April – Clare Boylan, author, journalist and critic (died 2006). 25 May – Seán FitzPatrick, banker (died 2021). 26 May – Kate Cruise O'Brien, writer (died 1998). 13 June – Darina Allen, chef and television personality. 14 June – John Connolly, Galway hurler. 24 June – Anita Reeves, actress (died 2016). 27 July – Moss Keane, international rugby player. 6 August – Mick Leech, soccer player. 19 August – Christy O'Connor Jnr, golfer (died 2016). 20 August – Michael Halliday, cricketer. 30 August – Donnacha O'Dea, Olympic swimmer (1968), professional poker player. 31 August – Tony Martin, politician in Canada. 14 September – Ned Byrne, Kilkenny hurler. 20 September – Tommy Peoples, fiddler (died 2018). 15 October – Chris de Burgh, singer and songwriter (as Christopher Davison, in Argentina). 23 October – Gerry Robinson, businessman and television presenter. 9 November – Ray Cummins, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler. Full date unknown Dónal Clifford, Cork hurler. Dermot Healy, hurling manager. Teddy Holland, Gaelic football manager. Frank Norberg, Cork hurler. Jackie Tabick, reform rabbi, first female rabbi in the British Isles. Willie Walsh, Cork hurler. Deaths 9 February – John M. O'Sullivan, Cumann na nGaedheal TD and Cabinet Minister (died 1891). 12 February – Armar Lowry-Corry, 5th Earl Belmore, High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of County Fermanagh (born 1870). 21 February – Annie M. P. Smithson, nurse, novelist, poet and Nationalist (born 1873). 23 February – John Robert Gregg, creator of Gregg Shorthand (born 1867). 12 March – George Noble Plunkett, nationalist, politician, museum curator (born 1851). 25 March – Bridget Sullivan, domestic housemaid for Borden family of Fall River, Massachusetts (born 1866). 7 May – James Nathaniel Halbert, entomologist (born 1871). 9 May – Eddie Doyle, Kilkenny hurler (born 1897).