Deaths
- 2 January - William Harrington, cricketer (born 1869).
- 24 January - John Doogan, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1881 at Laing's Nek, South Africa (born 1853).
- 9 February - Edward Joseph Byrne, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin (born 1872)
- 21 July - John Brunskill, cricketer (born 1875).
- 22 July - Peter Maher, boxer (born 1869).
- 14 August - Seán Russell, Irish republican and a chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (born 1893).
- 21 September - Mick O'Brien, soccer player and manager (born 1893).
- 24 November - James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1871).
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“On almost the incendiary eve
Of deaths and entrances ...”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)