(died 1975). 3 October – Frederick Jeremiah Edwards, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Thiepval, France (died 1964). 14 October – Tom McEllistrim, Fianna Fáil TD (died 1973). 14 November – Daniel Joseph Sheehan, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps pilot in World War I, killed in action (died 1917). 17 December – Cecile O'Rahilly, scholar of the Celtic languages and writer (died 1980). Approximate date – Patricia Lynch, children's writer (died 1972). Deaths 20 January – Robert Halpin, master mariner (born 1836). 30 August – Joseph Robinson Kirk, sculptor (born 1821). 26 September – Launt Thompson, sculptor (born 1833). 28 December – James Graham Fair, part-owner of the Comstock Lode, United States Senator and real estate and railroad speculator (born 1831). References 1890s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland