2005 in Ireland - Deaths

Deaths

January to March
  • 1 January – Patrick Denis O'Donnell, military historian, writer and former Commandant of the Irish Defence Forces (born 1922).
  • 4 January – Paul Darragh, showjumper (born 1953).
  • 7 January – Eileen Desmond, Irish Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister, MEP and Seanad Éireann member (born 1932).
  • 11 January – Ian Anderson, former President of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man (born 1925).
  • 27 January – Gordon Lambert, art collector and former member of the Seanad (born 1919).
  • 17 February – Dan O'Herlihy, actor (born 1919).
  • 9 March – Michael O'Higgins, Fine Gael TD and Senator (born 1917).
  • 10 March – Dave Allen, comedian (born 1936).
April to June
  • 2 April – Jack Stanley Gibson, surgeon and writer (born 1909).
  • 11 April – Mattie McDonagh, former Gaelic footballer with Galway (born 1936).
  • 1 May – Doc Carroll, former showband singer.
  • 1 June – Geoffrey Toone, actor (born 1910).
  • 7 June – Seán Doherty, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (born 1944).
  • 18 June – Gerald Davis, artist (born 1938).
  • 19 June – Tom Curran, 86, former Waterford hurler.
  • 27 June – Frank Harte, singer and song collector (born 1933).
July to September
  • 6 August – James Wilson, composer (born 1922).
  • 14 August – George Carpenter, Ireland's longest-living Olympian.
  • 21 August – Liam Burke, former Fine Gael TD (born 1928).
  • 27 August – Seán Purcell, former Gaelic footballer with Galway (born 1928).
  • 8 September – Noel Cantwell, former international soccer player (born 1932).
  • 10 September – Pádraig Bourke, former Kildare Gaelic footballer.
  • 15 September – James Gogarty, former engineer and Flood Tribunal whistleblower.
  • 21 September – Humphrey Kelleher, former Gaelic footballer with Cork.
October to December
  • 5 October – Maura Murphy, writer (born 1928).
  • 22 October – Liam Lawlor, Fianna Fáil politician, resigned following a finding that he had failed to co-operate with a planning irregularities investigation (born 1944).
  • 23 October – Jack Mahon, former Gaelic footballer with Galway (born 1933.
  • 30 October – Peter Driscoll, author and Chief Radio News sub-editor with Radio Telefís Éireann.
  • 25 November – James McLoughlin, Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway (born 1929).
  • 6 December – Tim Kennelly, former Gaelic footballer with Kerry (born 1954).
  • 26 December – Hugh Lambert, journalist and editor (born 1944).

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