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Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
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- Winners: Bohemians
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- Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Brideville
Golf
Births
January to June
- 4 January - Tras Honan, former Fianna Fáil politician, twice Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann.
- 7 January - Justin Keating, senior Irish Labour Party politician, former TD, Cabinet Minister, MEP and Seanad Éireann member.
- 12 January - Jennifer Johnston, novelist and playwright.
- 30 January - John O'Connell, former Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann and MEP.
- 22 February - David Cremin, Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.
- March - Fergus O'Brien, former Fine Gael TD and Minister of State.
- 1 April - Frank Cluskey, former leader of the Labour Party (d.1989).
- 12 April - Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, peer and public servant (d.2003).
- 10 May - William McDermott, Bishop Emeritus of Diocese of Huancavelica, Peru.
July to December
- 19 August - Frank McCourt, teacher and writer.
- 29 August - Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Gaelic games commentator for RTE.
- 30 August - Kieran Crotty, former Fine Gael TD.
- 26 September - Joe Sherlock, Labour Party (Ireland) TD (d.2007).
- 1 October - Richard Harris, actor (d.2002).
- 11 October - Joan O'Hara, actress (d.2007).
- 23 October - Thomas Flanagan, retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Antonio.
- 4 November - Gerald Duffy, cricketer.
- 17 November - Brian Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and senator and presidential candidate (d.1995).
- 15 December - Edna O'Brien, novelist and short story writer.
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Deaths
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