Teachta Dála (TD), Seanad member, son of James Connolly (died 1980). 15 February – Brendan Bracken, businessman and British cabinet minister (died 1958). 10 May – John Desmond Bernal, scientist (died 1971). 5 June – Wilfred Hutton, cricketer (died 1978). 7 June – Anthony Barry, businessman, Fine Gael party TD, Seanad member and Lord Mayor of Cork (died 1983). 8 June – John O'Sullivan, Fine Gael party TD, and Senator (died 1990). 12 June – Jimmy Elwood, footballer (died 1936 in Northern Ireland). 18 June – Denis Johnston, dramatist (died 1984). 5 July – Matt Goff, Kildare Gaelic footballer (died 1956). 17 July – Patrick Smith, TD and Cabinet minister (died 1982). 6 October – Todd Andrews, Irish revolutionary and public servant (died 1985). 7 November – Norah McGuinness, artist (died 1980 in Northern Ireland). 21 November – Finlay Jackson, cricketer and rugby player (died 1941 in Northern Ireland). 23 December – Seán Clancy, veteran of the Irish War of Independence (died 2006) 26 December – Gustavus Kelly, cricketer (died [1980). Deaths 8 January – John Barry, soldier, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Monument Hill, South Africa (born 1873). 22 January – Queen Victoria, monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (born 1819). 14 March – Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and diplomat (born 1839). 8 April – Edward Ernest Bowen, schoolmaster (born 1836). 28 April – James Stephens, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood movement (born 1825). 1 July – James M. Bell, United States Army soldier, awarded the Medal of Honor in 1876 during the Indian Wars (born 1845). 20 August – James Owens, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1854 at the Siege of Sebastopol in the Crimean War (born 1829). 8 September – Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, jurist, politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (born 1826). 16 November – William George Nicholas Manley, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1864 near Tauranga, New Zealand (born 1831). 4 December – William MacCormac, surgeon (born 1836). References