1944 in Ireland
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
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- Winners: Shelbourne
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- 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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