date unknown Patrick Chapman, poet and screenwriter. Fergus Feehily, artist. Justin Quinn, poet and literary critic. Colin Teevan, playwright, radio dramatist, translator and academic. Deaths 1 January – Donagh MacDonagh, writer and judge (born 1912). 19 January – Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, mining magnate and benefactor (born 1875). February – Joan de Sales La Terriere, socialite, equestrienne and divorcée (born 1889). 8 February – Louise McIlroy, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the London School of Medicine for Women (born 1874). 10 March – Donogh O'Malley, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet minister (born 1921). 24 March – Gladys Wynne, artist (born 1876). 16 July – William John Leech, painter (born 1881). 11 September – Denis McCullough, member of the Irish Volunteers elected to the fourth Dáil (born 1883). 31 October – William O'Brien, politician and trade unionist (born 1881). 2 November Don Davern, Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary South from 1965 until his death (born 1935). Estella Solomons, painter (born 1882). 7 November – Margaret Mary Pearse, Fianna Fáil TD and Seanad Éireann member, sister of Patrick Pearse (born 1878). 24 December – Eamon Bulfin, Irish republican (born 1892). Full date unknown William Conor, artist (born 1881). Harry Duggan, soccer player (born 1903). See also 1968 in Irish television References 1960s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland