Deaths From Ireland

Herb Wharton dead at age 89, public figure

Herb Wharton, an Australian writer, died on May 12, 2026. Herbert Morsley Wharton AM was born in Cunnamulla, Queensland, in 1936 and was an Indigenous Australian former stockman who began publishing poetry and yarn-like novels in his fifties. A Murri…

Auroras Encore public figure dead at age 23

Auroras Encore, the Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2013 Grand National, died on May 8, 2026. He was 23. Bred in Ireland by the Mountarmstrong Stud, the bay gelding raced from February 2007 until January 2014…

Stephen Greene Irish hurler dead at age 81

Stephen Greene, Irish hurler, died on May 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in Waterford in 1944, he played at club level with Mount Sion and at inter-county level with the Waterford senior hurling team. Greene came through the juvenile and…

Racing silks of Robert Waley-Cohen

Noble Yeats public figure dead at age 10

Noble Yeats, an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, died on April 18, 2026, from colic. He was an Irish-bred National Hunt runner who won the 2022 Grand National under Sam Waley-Cohen, becoming the first seven-year-old horse to win the race since Bogskar…

Murt Duggan Irish hurler dead at age 84

Murt Duggan, Irish hurler and selector, died on April 11, 2026, aged 84. Born in Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, in 1941, he played at club level with Gortnahoe–Glengoole and Ballingarry. He first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Gortnahoe–Glengoole…