2002 in Ireland - Deaths

Deaths

January to June
  • 14 January – Colm Hilliard, Fianna Fáil TD (born 1936).
  • 16 January – Jim Tunney, former Fianna Fáil TD, Minister of State and Lord Mayor of Dublin (born 1923).
  • 22 February – Paddy Ambrose, soccer player and coach (born 1930).
  • 22 February – Brendan O'Dowda, tenor singer (born 1925).
  • 27 February – Spike Milligan, comedian, poet and writer (born 1918).
  • 14 March – Kevin Danaher, folklorist and writer (born 1913).
  • 8 May – Sylvester Barrett, former Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (born 1926).
  • 30 May – John B. Keane, playwright, novelist and essayist (born 1928).
July to December
  • 1 August – Brendan Menton Sr., soccer administrator and president of the Football Association of Ireland (born 1912).
  • 28 August – Jim McFadden, ice hockey player (born 1920).
  • 4 September – David Molony, lawyer, former Fine Gael TD and Seanad member (born 1950).
  • 20 September – Pat Saward, soccer player (born 1928).
  • 17 October – Derek Bell, harpist and composer (born 1935).
  • 25 October – Richard Harris, actor (born 1930).
  • 2 November – Brian Behan, writer and trade unionist (born 1926).
  • 2 December – Jim Mitchell, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (born 1946).
  • 3 December – Glenn Quinn, actor (born 1970).
  • 18 December – Lucy Grealy, poet and memoirist (born 1963).
  • 24 December – Alan Clodd, book collector, dealer and publisher (born 1918).
Full date unknown
  • David Grene, classical scholar (born 1913).
  • Frances Kelly, painter (born 1908).
  • David Beers Quinn, historian (born 1909).
  • Owen Walsh, artist (born 1933).

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