in England). 19 June – John Blowick, co-founder St Columban's Foreign Mission Society (born 1888). 1 September – Patricia Lynch, children's writer (born c.1894). 29 September – Kathleen Clarke, widow of Republican leader Tom Clarke, Sinn Féin party member and later a Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member, first female Lord Mayor of Dublin (born 1878). 11 October – Wattie Dunphy, Kilkenny hurler (b. c1895). 10 November – Charles Cuffe, cricketer (born 1914). See also 1972 in Irish television References 1970s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 20th century in Ireland