1879). 27 February – James Cecil Parke, international rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist (born 1881). 9 March – John J. Glennon, Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis and cardinal (born 1862). 20 March – Frederic Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown, peer (born 1868). 20 April – Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, feminist, suffragette and writer (born 1877). 5 April – Martin Moffat, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1882). 22 August – John Philip Bagwell, general manager Great Northern Railway, Seanad member (born 1874). 23 August – Samuel Cunningham, politician and Irish Privy Councillor (born 1862). 28 August – Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British Army commander in World War I, later Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Field Marshal (born 1865). 20 October – William Bernard Barry, politician in the United States (born 1902). 13 November – Patrick McLane, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (born 1875). 16 December – Blayney Hamilton, cricketer (born 1872). 30 December – Mick Ahern, Cork hurler (born 1905). References 1940s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland