24 March – Bob Lambert, cricketer (born 1874). 20 April – Ida Mary Costello, wife of Taoiseach John A. Costello (born 1891). 17 May – John Tudor Gwynn, cricketer (born 1881). 22 May – Elizabeth Cronin, traditional singer (born 1879). 11 June – Seán Óg Murphy, Cork hurler, Gaelic Athletic Association administrator (born 1892). 23 July – Ella Young, poet (born 1867). 5 August – J. M. Andrews, second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1871). 23 September – Arthur Duff, composer and conductor (born 1899). 6 November – Leo Whelan, painter (born 1892). 19 November – Thomas Derrig, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (born 1897). 25 November – Robert Bruce Bowers, cricketer (born 1897). 11 December – Frederic Charles Dreyer, British Royal Navy Admiral (born 1878). 27 December – Lambert McKenna, Jesuit priest and writer (born 1870). Undated – Geoffrey Taylor, born Jeoffrey Phibbs, poet (born 1900 in England). References 1950s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland