John Aimers, educator and Chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada Yvonne Farrell, architect. Deaths 9 January – John Aston, cricketer (born 1882). 17 January – Alexander Haslett, independent TD (born 1883). 18 January – Amy Carmichael, Christian missionary and writer (born 1867). 26 January – Thomas Houghton, Anglican clergyman and editor of the Gospel Magazine (born 1859). 18 March – Thomas Foran, trade union official, continuous membership of the Seanad from 1922 to 1948. 27 March – James Geoghegan, Fianna Fáil TD, Minister for Justice, Attorney General of Ireland and Justice of the Supreme Court (born 1886). 29 March – Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury, politician in Alberta, Canada (born 1869). 10 April – Nora Barnacle, lover, companion, inspiration and wife of James Joyce (born 1884). 12 April – Henry De Vere Stacpoole, ship's doctor and author (born 1863). 19 May – Frederick Barton Maurice, soldier, military correspondent, writer and academic, founded the British Legion in 1920 (born 1871). 10 June – Justice George Gavan Duffy, barrister, Sinn Féin MP and a signatory of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921 (born 1882). 21 June – Eugene O'Mahoney, museum curator and entomologist (born 1899). 24 July – Paddy Moore, soccer player (born 1909). 16 August – Gus Kelly, cricketer (born 1877). 17 August – Joseph Warwick Bigger, professor, member of the Dublin University constituency in the Seanad from 1944 to 1951. 25 August – John J. McGrath, Democrat U.S. Representative from California (born 1872). 27 November – George Meldon, cricketer (born 1885). Full date unknown Margot Ruddock, actress, poet and singer (born 1907). References 1950s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland