Deaths
- 28 January - George Richardson, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1859 at Kewane Trans-Gogra, India (born 1831).
- 25 March - Thomas Joseph Crean, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Tygerkloof Spruit, South Africa (born 1873).
- 10 April - Liam Lynch, commanding general of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army during the Irish Civil War, shot and killed (born 1893).
- 17 April - Laurence Ginnell, nationalist, lawyer and politician, member of 1st Dáil (born 1854).
- 23 April - Seán Etchingham, Sinn Féin politician, member of 1st Dáil, Cabinet Minister.
- 29 April - Robert Carew, 3rd Baron Carew (born 1860).
- 11 June - Herbert Trench, poet (born 1865).
- 16 July - Sydney Mary Thompson, geologist and botanist (born 1847).
- 9 August - O'Moore Creagh, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Kam Dakka, Afghanistan (born 1848).
- 20 October - Thomas MacPartlin, trade union official, elected to 1922 Seanad.
- 9 November - Maurice Healy, lawyer, politician and MP (born 1859).
- 20 November - Denny Barry, Irish Republican, died during hunger strike, shortly after the Irish Civil War (born 1883).
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