Deaths
- 24 March - Robert Johnston, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1899 at the Battle of Elandslaagte, South Africa (born 1872).
- 22 April - John T. McNicholas, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati and founder of the Catholic Legion of Decency (born 1877).
- 10 May - Art O'Connor, Sinn Féin MP, member of 1st Dáil, Cabinet Minister, lawyer and judge (born 1888).
- 11 June - Stephen Gwynn, journalist, writer, poet and Nationalist politician (born 1864).
- 25 June - Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, writer (born 1904).
- 2 July - George Edward Pugin Meldon, cricketer (born 1875).
- 20 July - Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran, Unionist politician (born 1880).
- 13 September - Sara Allgood, actress (born 1879).
- 13 October - Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken, barrister (born 1877).
- 2 November - George Bernard Shaw, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) (born 1856).
- 9 November - Diarmuid Lynch, member of 1st Dáil representing Cork South–East.
- 1 December - E. J. Moeran, composer (born 1894).
- 26 December - James Stephens, novelist and poet (born 1882).
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