Deaths
- 2 January - Tom Ross, cricketer (born 1872).
- 4 January - Derrick Hall, cricketer (born 1892)
- 4 January - Forrest Reid, novelist and literary critic (born 1875)
- 21 January - Charles A. Callis, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1865).
- 30 January - James Larkin, trade union leader, socialist and Irish Labour Party TD (born 1876).
- 9 April - Desmond FitzGerald, Sinn Féin MP, TD, Cabinet Minister and Seanad Éireann member (born 1888).
- 3 March - Michael Egan, trade unionist, city councillor, and Cumann na nGaedheal TD (born 1866).
- 16 May - Augusta Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute (born 1880).
- 18 June - John Henry Patterson, soldier, hunter and writer (born 1867).
- 4 September - P. J. Moloney, chemist, member of 1st Dáil representing Tipperary South.
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