– James Samuel Emerson, soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 on the Hindenburg Line north of La Vacquerie, France (born 1895). 12 December – Charles Bowen, politician in New Zealand (born 1830). 27 December – William John Hennessy, artist (born 1839). References 1910s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland Ireland