elected to Dáil Éireann (at a by-election in 1956) (died 2017). 31 July – Fergus Bourke, photographer (died 2004). 5 August – Gay Byrne, broadcaster, host of The Late Late Show (died 2019). 25 August – Michael Lynch, Fianna Fáil TD and senator (died 2019). 16 September – Ronnie Drew, singer and folk musician, with The Dubliners (died 2008). 23 September – Thomas Kilroy, playwright and novelist. 26 October – Walton Empey, Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland), Primate of Ireland (1996–2002). 30 October – Noel Dwyer, soccer player (died 1993). 12 November – John McGahern, writer (died 2006). 14 November – Catherine McGuinness, Justice of the Supreme Court, High Court and Circuit Court, Senior Counsel and Senator. 2 December – Harry Perry, welterweight Olympic boxer (died 2021). Full date unknown John Bennett, Cork hurler. Francis John Byrne, historian (died 2017). Johnny Clifford, Cork hurler (died 2007). Deaths 1 January – John Crowley, medical doctor, member 1st Dáil representing North Mayo (born 1870). 18 January – Joseph Devlin, Nationalist politician and MP in the British House of Commons and in Northern Ireland (born 1872). April – Robert McCall, lawyer (born 1849). 29 September – Patrick S. Dinneen, lexicographer and historian (born 1860). 28 November Seán O'Mahony, Sinn Féin MP (born 1872). George F. O'Shaunessy, Democrat U.S. Representative from Rhode Island (born 1868). 3 December – Charles James O'Donnell, colonial administrator and MP (born 1849). Full date unknown – Nathaniel Hill, impressionist painter (born 1861). References 1930s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland