O'Riordan, Limerick hurler. Deaths 26 January – John Doherty, fiddle player (born 1900). 14 March – Gustavus Kelly, cricketer (born 1901). 2 May – Cecile O'Rahilly, scholar of the Celtic languages and writer (born 1894). 14 May – Christine Longford, playwright (born 1900 in England). 11 June – William J.E. Jessop, professor, represented Dublin University in the Seanad from 1951 to 1973. 25 June – James Hamilton Delargy, folklorist. 2 July – Tom Barry, guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (born 1897). 5 July – A. J. Potter, composer (born 1918). 13 July – Joseph Brennan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (born 1912). 24 August – Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 at Guyencourt, France (born 1888). 5 September – Eric Cross, scientist. 21 September – Mick Gill, Galway and Dublin hurler (born 1899). 7 November – Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary (born 1889). 9 November – Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy, journalist and author (born 1931). 10 November – John Moyney, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 north of Broembeek, Belgium (born 1895). 22 November – Norah McGuinness, artist (born 1901). 25 November – Joseph Sweeney, member of 1st Dáil representing West Donegal, (Pro Treaty) (born 1897). 16 December – Roddy Connolly, Labour Party TD, Seanad member, son of James Connolly (born 1901). 24 December – Arland Ussher, academic, essayist and translator (born 1899). 30 December – Patrick Hennessy, painter (born 1915). Full date unknown Bill Delaney, Laois Gaelic footballer. Jimmy McCambridge, soccer player (born 1905). See also 1980 in Irish television References 1980s in Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland Ireland