page_title: 2012 in Ireland
section_title: January to July
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 in Ireland / Deaths / January to July
caption_attribution_description: Jim Stynes at the 150 Heroes function
context_page_description: Events during the year 2012 in Ireland.
context_section_description: 9 January – Bridie Gallagher, 87: ballad singer, from natural causes.
  10 January –
  John McCarthy, 61: mental health campaigner, as a result of motor neuron disease.
  Mary Raftery, 54: journalist, after an illness.
  11 January – Colm Tucker, 59: former rugby union player, after a short illness.
  15 January – Pearse Hutchinson, 84: writer and broadcaster.
  17 January – Aengus Fanning, 69: journalist and editor of the Sunday Independent, cancer.
  22 January – Paddy Martin, 88: international boxer and father of Micheál Martin, long illness.
  6 February – Noel Kelehan, 76: renowned conductor, jazz pianist, arranger and composer, long illness.
  7 February – Phil Shanahan, 84: former Tipperary and Dublin hurler, heart condition.
  8 February – John Cunningham, 66: journalist and editor of the Connacht Tribune (1984–2007), illness.
  9 February –
  Emer Í Chuív, 93: last surviving daughter of Éamon de Valera and mother of Éamon Ó Cuív.
  Gerry Hickey, 67: former programme adviser to Bertie Ahern, cancer.
  12 February –
  David Kelly, 82: stage, film and television actor, short illness.
  Gerry O'Sullivan, 65: consultant surgeon and founder of the Cork Cancer Research Centre, short illness.
  13 February – Eamon Deacy, 53: former Aston Villa footballer, heart attack.
  14 February – Kieran Finlay: former Monaghan Gaelic footballer, long illness.
  18 February –
  Bertie Messitt, 81: former Olympic athlete, long illness.
  Quentin Doran-O'Reilly: equestrian journalist, illness.
  19 February – Ann Comerford-Phelan: former Cork camogie player and All-Ireland-winning captain, short illness.
  21 February – Máirín Egan, 87: lobbyist and founding member of the Society of Autistic Children.
  22 February – Frank Carson, 85: comedian and actor, stomach cancer.
  23 February – Florence Noonan, 68: wife of Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, pneumonia.
  26 February – Jack Bourke, 80: former Mayor of Limerick, long illness.
  28 February – Hal Roache, 84: comedian.
  2 March – Louis O'Carroll, 62: psychiatrist and balladeer, car accident.
  20 March – Jim Stynes, 45: Dublin minor footballer and Aussie rules star, cancer.
  26 March – Michael Begley, 79: former Fine Gael TD for Kerry South, long illness.
  28 March – John Arden, 81: English playwright who lived and died in Galway.
  29 March – Cyril Fitzgerald, 72: rugby union administrator, illness.
  31 March – Michael Diskin, 49: theatre administrator, long illness.
  1 April – Louis Kilcoyne: former president of the Football Association of Ireland.
  5 April – Barney McKenna, 72: folk musician and founding member of the Dubliners.
  6 April – Dermot Hanafin, 84: former Kerry Gaelic footballer.
  7 April – John Egan, 59: former Kerry Gaelic footballer, heart condition.
  25 April – Louis le Brocquy, 95: artist, following a long illness.
  25 April – Jim Downing, 66: former Cork Gaelic footballer, unexpectedly.
  6 May – Neilli Mulcahy, 87: fashion designer, short illness.
  20 May – Geoffrey Evans, 69: serial killer, illness.
  1 June – Pádraig Faulkner, 94: former primary school teacher, Fianna Fáil government minister and Ceann Comhairle.
  30 June – Richard Booth, 57: former chairman of both the IFA National Livestock Committee and the EU Beef Advisory Committee.
caption: Jim Stynes
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