Events
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Arts and literature
Seamus Heaney - Published first book Death of a Naturalist
Sports
Births
- 8 February - Seán McCarthy, Cork hurler.
- 12 April - Jim Duffy, historian and political commentator.
- 23 April - Jim Stynes, Australian rules football player.
- 15 May - Orla Guerin, television journalist.
- 9 June - Beverley Flynn, Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo.
- 22 August - Alain Rolland, former rugby player, international referee.
- 6 October - Niall Quinn, former International footballer.
- 8 October - Mick Galwey, Gaelic footballer, rugby player.
- 11 November - Alison Doody, actress.
- 7 December - Leo Turley, former Laois Gaelic footballer.
- 8 December - Sinéad O'Connor, singer and song writer.
- 10 December - Colm Ó Maonlaí, actor and musician.
- 16 December - Paul McGinley, golfer.
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Deaths
January to June
- 1 March - Joseph McGrath, Sinn Féin and later Cumann na nGaedhael TD, racehorse owner and breeder (b.1887).
- 10 March - Frank O'Connor, short story writer and memoirist (b.1903).
- 28 March - Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil, a founder member of Clann na Poblachta (b.1878).
- 1 April - Brian O'Nolan, satirist and humorist (b.1911).
- 29 April - Tom Hales, Irish Republican Army volunteer, fought in Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil War (b.1892).
- 23 May - Jacko Heaslip, cricketer (b.1899).
- 3 June - Finian Lynch, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil, Cabinet Minister, Cumann na nGaedhael and Fine Gael TD (b.1889).
- 7 June - James Hickey, Labour politician and Lord Mayor of Cork.
July to December
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