Independence (died 1921). 11 April – Debroy Somers, bandleader (died 1952 in London). 17 May – David P. Tyndall, businessman (died 1970). 1 June – Edward Hutchinson Synge, theoretical physicist (died 1957) 11 July – William O'Dwyer, judge, District Attorney and 100th Mayor of New York City (died 1964). 6 September – Brinsley MacNamara, born John Weldon, novelist and playwright (died 1963). 12 October – Bill Britton, athlete and British Empire Games medallist (died 1965). 16 October – Michael Collins, Revolutionary and Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army, Cabinet Minister (assassinated 1922). 30 October – Arthur Bateman, cricketer (died 1918). 1 December – The Hon. Mary Westenra, later Mary Bailey, aviator (died 1960). 25 December – Robert Burgess, rugby union player (killed in action 1915 in France). 31 December – Frederick Crowley, Fianna Fáil politician (died 1945). Deaths 12 January – Anthony Lefroy, Irish Conservative Party MP for Longford in the United Kingdom Parliament (born 1800). 14 March – C. P. Meehan, priest, poet and writer (born 1812). 4 April – Charles Joseph Alleyn, lawyer and political figure in Quebec (born 1817). 27 May – James O'Connor, first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha (born 1823). 29 May – Samuel Mullen, bookseller (born 1828). 20 July – Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet, art collector and MP (born 1818). 10 August – John Boyle O'Reilly, poet and novelist (born 1844). 18 September – Dion Boucicault, actor and playwright (born c.1820). Full date unknown James P. Boyd, businessman and politician in Ontario (born 1826). John Coghlan, public works engineer in Argentina (born 1824). References 1890s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland