and later Fine Gael (died 1967). 26 July – E. R. Dodds, classical scholar (died 1973). 10 August – Mick O'Brien, soccer player and manager (died 1940). 30 September – Seán MacEoin, major general, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (died 1973). 26 October – Thomas MacGreevy, poet and director of the National Gallery of Ireland (died 1967). 1 November – Neal Blaney, Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member (died 1948). 9 November – Liam Lynch, commanding general of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army during the Irish Civil War (shot and killed 1923). 20 December Eddie Duffy, traditional Irish musician (died 1986). Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (died 1955). Full date unknown Tomás Bairéad, journalist and author (died 1973). Frank Gallagher, Irish Volunteer and author (died 1962). Mick Kenny, Galway hurler (died 1959). Harry Midgley, Northern Ireland Labour Party member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and alderman of Belfast (died 1957). Seán Russell, Irish republican and a chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (died 1940). Deaths 3 March – Hugh Nelson, politician in Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (born 1830). 16 April – William Davis Ardagh, lawyer, judge and politician in Canada (born 1828). 27 April – John Ballance, 14th Premier of New Zealand (born 1839). 5 September – Mike Cleary, boxer (born 1858). 8 November – Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, geographer (born 1815). 28 December – James Donnelly, Bishop of the Diocese of Clogher (born 1823). References 1890s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland