23 July – Ivan Magill, anaesthesiologist (died 1986). 12 August – Joseph McGrath, Sinn Féin and later Cumann na nGaedheal TD, racehorse owner and breeder (died 1966). 1 October – William Cosgrove, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 at the Battle of Gallipoli, Turkey (died 1936). 16 October – Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick, peer and soldier (died 1967). 24 October – Francis de Groot, upstager of New South Wales Premier Jack Lang at the 1932 official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (died 1969). 1 September – Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 at Guyencourt, France (died 1980). 25 September – Harold Jackson, cricketer (died 1979). 28 September – Seán Lester, diplomat and last Secretary General of the League of Nations (died 1959). 29 September – Michael J. Stack, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (died 1960). 19 October – Con Colbert, nationalist and rebel, took part in Easter Rising (executed 1916). 8 November – Gerald Robert O'Sullivan, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 at Gallipoli, Turkey (died 1915). 19 November – Seán Moylan, member Irish Volunteers, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Seanad Éireann member (died 1957). 7 December – Joyce Cary, novelist and artist (died 1957). Deaths 10 January – Philip Cross, army surgeon, hanged in Cork Jail for the murder of his first wife (born 1825). 12 May – John Joseph Lynch, Bishop of Toronto (born 1816). 15 October – Frank O'Meara, artist (born 1853). 10 November – Thomas Henry Fitzgerald, farmer and politician in Queensland, Australia (born 1824). 22 November – John McGovern, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India (born 1825). 1 December – John Divane, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India (born 1822). References 1880s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 19th century in Ireland