page_title: 2015 in Ireland
section_title: July to December
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 in Ireland / Deaths / July to December
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Maureen O’Hara from Photoplay magazine.
context_page_description: Events during the year 2015 in Ireland.
context_section_description: 1 July – Val Doonican, 88, singer and entertainer, short illness.
  6 July – Kathleen Snavely, 113, longest-lived Irish person of all time.
  9 July
  Seán Foran, 84, Offaly Gaelic footballer.
  Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair, 71, actor, short illness.
  15 July – Alexis Fitzgerald, 70, Fine Gael TD and senator.
  21 July – Charlie Cullinane, 72, Cork hurler, accident.
  30 July – Aaron Devlin, 22, Derry Gaelic footballer, meningitis.
  9 August – Astaire, 4, Irish-bred British-trained thoroughbred racehorse, colic.
  24 August – Peter Gatenby, 92, professor of clinical medicine.
  1 September – Frank Brennan, 67, economist.
  10 September – Mick Murphy, 81, cyclist, short illness.
  17 September – Eddie Connolly, 29, Tipperary hurler and Gaelic footballer, brain cancer.
  24 September
  Liam Healy, 86, chief executive of Independent Newspapers.
  Paul Carney, 71, judge.
  25 September – Pat Dunne, 72, footballer for Everton F.C., Manchester United and Ireland.
  2 October – Brian Friel, playwright, 86, illness.
  4 October – Austin Darragh, 88, medical doctor, businessman and broadcaster.
  5 October
  John O'Leary, 82, politician, TD for Kerry South (1966–1997).
  Niall Rudd, 88, classical scholar.
  11 October – Tony Golden, 36, police officer, shot.
  19 October – Hugh Cooney, 63, businessman and former chairman of Enterprise Ireland, colon cancer.
  24 October – Maureen O'Hara, 95, actress (How Green Was My Valley, Miracle on 34th Street, The Quiet Man).
  28 October – Peter Barrett, 59, Anglican prelate, Bishop of Cashel and Ossory (2002–2006).
  5 November
  Lar O'Byrne, 91, footballer (Shamrock Rovers).
  Joe Ainsworth, 88, Garda Deputy Commissioner.
  7 November – Seán Egan, 56, chairman of the Rehab Group charity organization, stroke.
  10 November – Pat Eddery, 63, jockey, eleven-time Champion Jockey, four-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, three-time Lester Award and Epsom Derby winner.
  30 November – Gerry Reynolds, 82, redemptorist priest and Northern Ireland peace process negotiator.
  5 December – Tomás F. Ó Cofaigh, 92, governor of the Central Bank.
  10 December – Dermot O'Mahony, 80, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1975-1996).
  14 December – Johnny Egan, 76, Gaelic footballer (Offaly).
  17 December – Mick Lynch, 55, frontman of 1980s punk band Stump, cancer.
  25 December – Eric Philpott, 69, Gaelic footballer (Cork), brain tumour.
  28 December – Patrick Curtin, 26, Gaelic footballer (Kerry), car accident.
  31 December
  Wesley Burrowes, 85, playwright, screenwriter and creator of Glenroe, long illness.
  Donal Leahy, 77, footballer (Cork Celtic).
caption: Maureen O'Hara
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