Deaths
- 18 January — James Magee, cricketer (born 1872).
- 2 March — Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore, High Sheriff and councillor (born 1873).
- 29 April — Timothy J. Murphy, Labour Party (Ireland) TD.
- 23 May — Dan Comyn, cricketer (born 1872).
- 12 July — Douglas Hyde, member of the Seanad in 1922 and 1938; first President of Ireland and Gaelic scholar (born 1860).
- 10 September — Brian Brady, Fianna Fáil TD.
- 8 October — Edith Anna Somerville, novelist (born 1858).
- 14 November — Jimmy Dunne, soccer player (born 1905).
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