1973 in Ireland
Events Arts and literature Sports
Births January to June 12 March - Mark Daly , Fianna F il Senator . 17 March - Caroline Corr , drummer with The Corrs . 23 March - Brian Corcoran , Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler. 26 March - James Keddy , soccer player. 29 April - Mike Hogan , bass guitarist with The Cranberries . 5 May - Kevin McBride , boxer. 7 May - Rick O'Shea , radio DJ. 10 May - Dara Calleary , Fianna F il TD for Mayo . 14 May - Sin ad O'Carroll , singer and musician. 25 May - Joe Dunne , soccer player. 28 May - Ryan Tubridy , television and radio presenter. July to December 5 July - R is n Murphy , singer, songwriter, and producer. 30 July - Dave Savage , soccer player. 2 August - Stephen McGuinness , soccer player. 17 September - Mark Kenny , soccer player. 19 September - Nick Colgan , soccer player. 22 September - Trevor Brennan , former international rugby player. 30 October - Anthony Foley , international rugby player. 2 November - John Hayes , rugby player. 14 November - Andrew Strong , actor and singer. 2 December - Graham Kavanagh , soccer player. 7 December - Damien Rice , singer songwriter. 14 December - Pat Burke , basketball player. 14 December - Amanda Byram , television presenter. 24 December - Oisin Fagan , boxer. Full date unknown Deaths January to June 5 January - Gerald Boland , founder-member of Fianna F il , served as Minister for Posts & Telegraphs, Minister for Lands and Minister for Justice (b.1885 ). 10 January - Denis Rolleston Gwynn , journalist, author and professor of Modern Irish History (b.1893 ). 12 January - Maurice Collis , colonial administrator and writer (b.1889 ). 19 January - Max Adrian , actor (b.1903 ). 31 January - Jack MacGowran , actor (b.1918 ). January - Willie Clancy , uileann piper (b.1918 ). 22 February - Elizabeth Bowen , novelist and short story writer (b.1899 ). 13 March - Eddie Ingram , cricketer (b.1910 ). 8 April - E. R. Dodds , classical scholar (b.1893 ). 9 April - Warren Lewis , soldier and historian, brother of C. S. Lewis (b.1895 ). 21 May - Eugene O'Callaghan , Bishop of Clogher 1943-1969 (b.1888 ). 24 May - Bryan Cusack , doctor, Sinn F in MP , member 1st D il (b.1882 ). 7 April - John Charles McQuaid , Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland (b.1895 ). July to December 7 July - Se n MacEoin , major general, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1893 ). 25 July - Michael Davern , Fianna F il TD for Tipperary South 1948–1965. (b.1900 ). 18 August - Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough , Ulster Unionist Party MP , third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b.1888 ). 20 September - Patrick O'Keeffe , member of 1st D il representing North Cork . 31 October - Elizabeth Watkins , born in Ireland, died as the oldest person in the world (b.1863 ). 4 December - Tom McEllistrim , Fianna F il TD (b.1894 ). Full date unknown
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