2009 in Ireland - Deaths

Deaths

  • 2 January – Tony Gregory, 61, Independent TD sitting in Dáil Éireann.
  • 27 January – Connie Buckley, 93, former Cork hurler and oldest surviving All-Ireland-winning captain.
  • 7 February – Joe Haverty, 72, former Irish soccer player.
  • 12 February – Hugh Leonard, 82, playwright.
  • 15 February – John Rackard, 80, member of the famous Rackard hurling brothers from Wexford.
  • 18 February – Nell McCarthy, retired camogie player, manager and former president of the Camogie Association of Ireland.
  • 27 February – Joe Bruton, 99, prominent farmers' rights campaigner, journalist and father of Fine Gael politicians John and Richard Bruton.
  • 8 March – Anna Manahan, 84, Tony Award-winning actress of stage and screen.
  • 5 March – Patrick Cummins, 88, former Fianna Fáil TD
  • 9 March – Frank Stockwell, 80, former Galway Gaelic footballer.
  • 23 March – Billy Rackard, 79, former Wexford hurler.
  • 7 April – Paddy O'Hanlon, barrister and SDLP politician (born 1944)
  • 17 April – Kevin McConnell, 84, former Meath Gaelic footballer.
  • 19 April – Tony Kett, 57, Fianna Fáil Senator.
  • 27 April – Karl Mullen, 82, former Rugby Union player and Grand Slam-winning captain of 1948.
  • 28 April – Pearse Wyse, 81, Former Progressive Democrats founding member and former Lord Mayor of Cork.
  • 5 May – Philomena Garvey, 83, former golfer.
  • 9 May – David Marcus, 85, literary editor.
  • 12 May – Roger Ryan, former Tipperary hurler.
  • 20 May – Alan Kelly, Sr., 72, former Ireland international goalkeeper.
  • 27 May – E. D. "Ned" Doyle, 90, military figure and analyst.
  • 31 May – Danny La Rue, 81, entertainer known for his singing and drag impersonations.
  • 1 June – Vincent O'Brien, 92, race horse trainer.
  • 13 June – Michael Collins, former Wexford hurler.
  • 28 June – Rita Keane, 86, traditional singer.
  • 29 June – Sheila Cloney, 83, leader of the Ne Temere decree incident or "Fethard Boycott".
  • 11 August – Nuala Fennell, 73, Fine Gael politician.
  • 16 August – Paul Healion, 31, cyclist.
  • 5 September – Jamie Kyne, 18, jockey.
  • 8 September – Stephen White, Louth Gaelic footballer included in the Team of the Century in 1984.
  • 14 September – Darren Sutherland, 27, boxer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist.
  • 17 September – Frank Deasy, 49, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter.
  • 22 September – Edward Delaney, 79, sculptor—Thomas Davis and Wolfe Tone memorials in Dublin.
  • 6 October – Aengus Finucane, 77, priest, Chief Executive of Concern Worldwide (1981–1997).
  • 10 October – Stephen Gately, 33, Boyzone singer.
  • 11 October – Peter Callanan, 74, politician, member of the Seanad (since 1997).
  • 27 October – Frank Brady, Jr., association footballer.
  • 1 November – Seán Mac Fionnghaile, 57, actor, cancer.
  • 2 November – Beverley O'Sullivan, 28, singer and actress.
  • 17 November – Paul "Skinny" Kelly, 43, musician—Paranoid Visions.
  • 23 November – Pat Quinn, 74, founder of Quinnsworth and the first person to bring The Rolling Stones to North America.
  • 4 December – Liam Clancy, 74, folk singer.
  • 6 December – Pat Carolan, former Meath Gaelic footballer.
  • 11 December – Ciarán Mac Mathúna, broadcaster and music collector.
  • 14 December – Snip Nua, 1 (born 2008).
  • 20 December – Joan Brosnan Walsh, actress (Fair City), motor neurone disease.
  • 30 December – Dermot Nally, 82, civil servant, sudden death.
  • 31 December – Cahal Daly, 92, Catholic priest (Primate of All Ireland 1990–1996).
  • 31 December – Justin Keating, 79, humanist and Labour Party politician (Minister for Industry and Commerce, 1973–1977).

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