Deaths
- 28 February – Dermot Morgan, actor and comedian (b.1952).
- 15 March – Hugh Coveney, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister, yachtsman (b.1935).
- 23 June – Maureen O'Sullivan, actress (b.1911).
- 6 May – Sybil Connolly, fashion designer (b.1921).
- 22 May – Jim Power, former Galway hurler (b.1894).
- 26 May – Kate Cruise O'Brien, writer (b.1948).
- 13 August – Liam de Paor, historian, archaeologist, (b.1926, in Dublin, Ireland).
- 20 September – Robert Malachy Burke, Christian Socialist and philanthropist (b.1907).
- 11 November – Paddy Clancy, folk singer (b.1922).
- 13 November – Valerie Hobson, actress (b.1917).
- 21 November – John David Gwynn, cricketer (b.1907).
- 26 December – Cathal Goulding, Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and the Official IRA (b.1923).
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