September – Oliver St. John Gogarty, physician, poet and writer (born 1878). 25 October – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, writer and dramatist (born 1878). 9 November – Peter O'Connor, athlete (born 1872). 16 November – Seán Moylan, member Irish Volunteers, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Seanad Éireann member (born 1888). 6 December – Michael James O'Rourke, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 at Hill 70 near Lens, France (born 1878). Undated Thomas Sadleir, genealogist (born 1882). George Townshend, writer, clergyman who converted to the Baháʼí Faith (born 1876). References 1950s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland