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1944 in Ireland
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Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
Winners: Shelbourne
Winners: Shamrock Rovers 3 - 2 Shelbourne .
Golf
Births
January to June
2 January - Martin Drennan , Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh .
5 January - Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond , businessman and senator.
7 January - Joe McGowan , historian, folklorist and author.
8 February - Brian Farrell , Roman Catholic bishop in the Roman Curia .
22 February - Richard Higgins , Titular Bishop of the Casae Calanae and an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA .
10 April - Leo O'Reilly , Bishop of Kilmore (1998 - ).
21 May - Gerry Murphy , soccer coach.
21 May - Mary Robinson , first female and seventh President of Ireland (1990 - 1997), United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997 - 2002).
24 May - Raymond Field , Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Dublin .
25 May - Tom Munnelly , folk-song collector (d.2007 ).
27 May - Hugh Lambert , journalist and editor (d.2005 ).
30 May - Liam Naughten , Fine Gael politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1995 until his death. (d.1996 )
5 June - Colm Wilkinson , singer and actor.
29 June - Seán Doherty , former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (d.2005 ).
June - Paul Coghlan , Fine Gael Senator .
June - Paul Connaughton , Fine Gael TD for Galway East .
July to December
3 July - Tim O'Malley , former Progressive Democrats TD .
17 July - Vincent Browne , journalist, RTE broadcaster.
31 July - David Norris , member of the Seanad representing University of Dublin .
7 August - Brendan McWilliams , meteorologist and science writer (d.2007 ).
9 August - Seán Barrett , former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister.
1 September - Pat Upton , Irish Labour Party TD (d.1999 ).
1 September - Eamonn Walsh , Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1990 - ).
9 September - Bernard Allen , Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central .
24 September - Eavan Boland , poet.
16 October - Paul Durcan , poet.
19 October - Liam Lawlor , Fianna Fáil politician, resigned following a finding that he had failed to co-operate with a planning irregularities investigation (d.2005 ).
October - Emmet Stagg , Irish Labour Party TD for Kildare North .
30 November - John Boland , senior Fine Gael politician (d.2000 ).
28 December - Noel Ahern , Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North West and Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works .
Full date unknown
Deaths
15 March - Thomas Byrne , recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1898 at the Battle of Omdurman , Sudan (b.1866 ).
25 April - Tony Mullane , Major League Baseball player (b.1859 ).
12 May - Edel Quinn , lay missionary (b.1907 ).
10 June - Frank Ryan , member of the Irish Republican Army , editor of An Phoblacht , leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (b.1902 ).
19 September - David Lord , Royal Air Force pilot, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Arnhem (b.1913 ).
6 November - Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne , British politician and businessman, assassinated in Cairo by the Zionist group Lehi (Stern Gang) (b.1880 ).
28 November - Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet , Unionist MP and Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland 1925-1937 (b.1864 ).
30 November - Eoin O'Duffy , first leader of Fine Gael and the Blueshirts , leader of Irish volunteers on the Nationalist side of the Spanish Civil War (b.1892 ).
1 December - Charlie Kerins , Chief of Staff of the IRA , convicted of murder ofGarda Siochána officer and hanged (b.1918 ).
Full date unknown
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