[edit] Events [edit] Arts and literature -
- Winners: Cork United
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- Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Bohemians.
[edit] Births [edit] January to March [edit] April to June Christy Moore in Liverpool Philharmonic , October 2008 [edit] July to December - 1 July - Jack Wall, Labour Party (Ireland) TD for Kildare South.
- 11 July - Patrick Joseph McGrath, second Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose in California.
- July - John Dardis, former Progressive Democrats Senator.
- 3 August - Eamon Dunphy, former footballer, commentator and broadcaster.
- 12 September - Maria Aitken, actress, writer and director.
- 13 September - Niall FitzGerald, businessman.
- 15 September - Donie Cassidy, Fianna Fáil TD representing Longford–Westmeath, businessman.
- 20 September - Eamonn Walsh, former Irish Labour Party TD, local councillor.
- September - Gerald McCarthy, Cork hurling manager and former player.
- 19 November - Christie Hennessy, folk singer songwriter (d.2007).
- 8 December - John Banville, novelist.
- 17 December - John Neill, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland, and Metropolitan.
- 24 December - Noel Davern, Fianna Fáil TD representing Tipperary South, Cabinet Minister, Member of the European Parliament.
[edit] Full date unknown - Richie Bennis, Limerick hurling manager.
- Niamh Bhreathnach, senior Labour Party politician, formerly Minister for Education.
- Éamonn Cregan, former Limerick Gaelic footballer and hurler, manager.
- Susan Denham, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland.
- Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr, former Fine Gael TD and Senator.
- Justin McCarthy, former Cork hurler, Waterford hurling manager.
- Eddie O'Brien, former Cork hurler.
- Bernard O'Donoghue, poet and academic.
- Philip Pettit, philosopher and political theorist.
- Kieran Purcell, former Kilkenny hurler.
- Pad Joe Whelahan, Offaly hurler, manager.
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