athlete and writer (died 1939). 25 December – Sister Philippa Brazill, nurse in Australia (died 1988). Full date unknown Monk Gibbon, poet and author (died 1987). Fiona Plunkett, republican (died 1977). Deaths 10 January – Denis Dempsey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1826). 3 February – Jane Wilde, poet ("Esperanza"; born 1821). 4 March – Peter Richard Kenrick, first Catholic archbishop west of the Mississippi River (born 1806). 4 May – Timothy Anglin, politician in Canada and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1822). 18 May – Patrick Buckley, soldier, lawyer, statesman, and judge in New Zealand (born 1841). 8 August – William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick, peer (born 1840). 10 August – Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile (born 1842). 15 August – Patrick Duggan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert (born 1813). 22 September – Edward Selby Smyth, British General, commanded Militia of Canada from 1874 to 1880 (born 1819). 1 November – Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, boxer (born 1862). 31 December – Leland Hone, cricketer (born 1853). Full date unknown Canon James Goodman, Irish music collector (born 1828). References 1890s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland