Deaths
- 23 January Cormac Breslin, Fianna Fáil TD and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (born 1902).
- 4 March - Emmet Dalton, revolutionary.
- 6 March - Micheál MacLiammóir, actor and dramatist (born 1899).
- 21 March - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Attorney-General, Chief Justice of Ireland and fifth President of Ireland (died 1911).
- 5 July - Mary Swanzy, painter.
- 28 August - Robert Shaw, British-born actor and novelist (born 1927).
- 12 September - Wilfred Hutton, cricketer (born 1901).
- October - Moss (Maurice) Twomey, chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (born 1897).
- 5 November - Denis O'Dea, actor (born 1905).
- 13 December - Jack Doyle, boxer, actor and singer (born 1913).
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