Féin and Cumann na nGaedheal TD (died 1936). 20 June – John A. Costello, barrister, Attorney-General, Fine Gael TD and twice Taoiseach (died 1976). 3 July Arthur Blair-White, cricketer (died 1975). Bridget Dowling, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr. (died 1969 in the United States). 6 August – Billy Gillespie, soccer player (died 1981). 23 October – John Caffrey, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 near La Brique, France (died 1953). 1 November – Peter J. Ward, Sinn Féin (later Cumann na nGaedheal) TD, member 1st Dáil (died 1970). 15 November – Willie Pearse, participant in Easter Rising, brother of Patrick Pearse (executed 1916). 6 December – James Ryan, Fianna Fáil TD Member of 1st Dáil and Cabinet Minister (died 1970). 24 December – Joseph O'Doherty, Sinn Féin MP, Fianna Fáil TD and Seanad member (died 1979). Deaths 5 May – William Connor Magee, Anglican clergyman, Archbishop of York (born 1821). 18 May – Thomas Grady, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the siege of Sevastopoll in the Crimean War (1854) (born 1835). 15 June – James Patrick Mahon, Irish nationalist politician and international mercenary (born 1800). 6 October – Charles Stewart Parnell, political leader (born 1846). 28 November – William James Lendrim, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at the siege of Sevastopoll in the Crimean War (1855) (born 1830). 12 December – Alexander Workman, politician in Canada and mayor of Ottawa (born 1798). 13 December – William Gorman Wills, dramatist and painter (born 1828). Full date unknown – Augustus Nicholas Burke, artist (born 1838). References 1890s in Ireland Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland Ireland