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).