Births
- 8 January - James Brophy, cricketer (died 1994).
- 5 February - Desmond Surfleet, cricketer (died 2006).
- 14 February - Joseph Brennan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 1980).
- 22 March - Wilfrid Brambell, actor (died 1985).
- 27 April - Tommy Breen, international soccer player (died 1988).
- 29 April - Terence de Vere White, lawyer, novelist and biographer (died 1994).
- 9 June - Patrick Mulligan, Bishop of Clogher 1970-1979 (died 1990).
- 12 July - Mick Mackey, Limerick hurler and first recipient of the GAA All-Time All-Star Award (Hurling) (died 1982).
- 9 August - Alex Stevenson, soccer player (died 1985).
- 18 September - Denis Farrelly, Fine Gael TD and senator (died 1974).
- 12 November - Donagh MacDonagh, writer and judge (died 1968).
- 1 December - Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973. (died 1999).
- 25 December - Micheál Ó Móráin, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (died 1983).
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“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)