Chaim Herzog, sixth President of Israel (1983–1993) (born 1918). 12 March – William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel, peer and Labour politician (born 1906). 2 May – Robin Kinahan, Unionist politician and businessman (born 1916). 9 May – Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly (born 1974). 23 May – Noel Browne, politician, former Cabinet Minister (born 1915). 24 May – Edward Mulhare, actor (born 1923). 16 June – Michael O'Herlihy, television director (born 1929). 18 June – Julia Clifford, fiddle player and traditional musician (born 1914). July to December 25 September – Jim Kemmy, Labour Party and Democratic Socialist Party TD (born 1936). 20 December – Jim Gibbons, former Fianna Fáil TD, Member of the European Parliament and Cabinet Minister (born 1924). 29 December – John Graham, Irish Republican Army activist in the 1940s (born 1915). Full date unknown Mervyn Wall, novelist and dramatist (born 1908). See also 1997 in Irish television References External links 1997 at Reeling in the Years