Golf Pádraig Harrington won the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Paul McGinley won the Volvo Masters at Valderrama Golf Club in Spain. The Nissan Irish Open was won by Stephen Dodd (Wales). Rugby union 2005 Six Nations Championship Ireland 28-17 Italy Ireland 40-13 Scotland Ireland 19-13 England Ireland 19–26 France Ireland 20–32 Wales Autumn Internationals Ireland 7–45 New Zealand Ireland 14–30 Australia Ireland 43-12 Romania 2004–05 Heineken Cup Munster and Leinster both qualify for the quarter-finals but fail to progress. Deaths January to March 1 January – Patrick Denis O'Donnell, military historian, writer and former Commandant of the Irish Defence Forces (born 1922). 4 January – Paul Darragh, showjumper (born 1953). 7 January – Eileen Desmond, Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister, MEP and Seanad Éireann member (born 1932). 11 January – Ian Anderson, former President of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man (born 1925). 27 January – Gordon Lambert, art collector and former member of the Seanad (born 1919). 17 February – Dan O'Herlihy, actor (born 1919). 9 March – Michael O'Higgins, Fine Gael TD and Senator (born 1917). 10 March – Dave Allen, comedian (born 1936). April to June 2 April – Jack Stanley Gibson, surgeon and writer (born 1909). 11 April – Mattie McDonagh, former Gaelic footballer with Galway (born 1936). 1 May – Doc Carroll, former showband singer. 1 June – Geoffrey Toone, actor (born 1910). 7 June – Seán Doherty, former Fianna Fáil TD and cabinet minister (born 1944). 18 June – Gerald Davis, artist (born 1938). 19 June – Tom Curran, 86, former Waterford hurler. 27 June – Frank Harte, singer and song collector (born 1933). July to September 6 August – James Wilson, composer (born 1922). 14 August – George Carpenter, Ireland's longest-living Olympian. 21 August – Liam Burke, former Fine Gael TD (born 1928). 27 August – Seán Purcell, former Gaelic footballer with Galway (born 1928). 8 September – Noel Cantwell, former international soccer player (born 1932). 10 September – Pádraig Bourke, former Kildare Gaelic footballer. 15 September – James Gogarty, former engineer and Flood Tribunal whistleblower. 21 September – Humphrey Kelleher, former Gaelic footballer with Cork. October to December 5 October – Maura Murphy, writer (born 1928). 22 October – Liam Lawlor, Fianna Fáil politician, car accident in Moscow (born 1944). 23 October – Jack Mahon, former Gaelic footballer with Galway (born 1933. 30 October – Peter Driscoll,