(born 1865). 13 October – Joseph MacRory, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (born 1861). 15 October – Eoin MacNeill, scholar, nationalist and revolutionary (born 1867). 24 October – Frederick Field, Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord (born 1871). 6 December – Edmund Dwyer-Gray, politician and 29th Premier of Tasmania in 1939 (born 1870). 20 December – John M. Lyle, architect in Canada (born 1872). References 1940s in Ireland Ireland Independent Ireland in World War II Years of the 20th century in Ireland