10 June – Gerard Sweetman, Fine Gael party TD and Cabinet minister (died 1970). 20 July – Mad Dog Coll, born Uinseann (Vincent) Ó Colla, mob hitman in New York (killed in 1932 in the United States). 24 July – Roger McHugh, professor, author, and playwright (died 1987). 18 August – Sam English, association football player (died 1967 in Scotland). 26 September – Hugh Delargy, British Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) (died 1976 in Northern Ireland). 6 December – Con Cremin, diplomat (died 1987). Full date unknown Frances Kelly, painter (died 2002). Niall Ó Dónaill, Irish language lexicographer and writer (died 1995). Mervyn Wall, novelist and dramatist (died 1997). Deaths 17 January – Eyre Massey Shaw, Superintendent of the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade (born 1830; died in England). 3 February – Thomas Mellon, entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, founder of Mellon Bank (born 1813; died in the United States). 23 March – Frederick Falkiner, lawyer, judge and author (born 1831). 10 June – John F. Finerty, U.S. Representative from Illinois (born 1846; died in the United States). 6 July – Thomas William Moffett, scholar, educationalist, and President of Queen's College Galway (born 1820). 5 August – Caesar Litton Falkiner, Irish Unionist Party politician, barrister, writer, and historian (born 1863). 30 August – Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, 18th Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin (born 1840). 4 November – John Pinkerton, Irish Parliamentary Party MP (born 1845). 15 December – Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley, British military officer and MP (born 1831). 19 December – Thomas Cleeve, founder of Condensed Milk Company of Ireland, High Sheriff of Limerick (born 1844). References 1900s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland Ireland