Editing 2000 in Ireland (section)

===January to June===
[[File:Francis Stuart.jpg|thumb|120px|right|upright|[[Francis Stuart]]]]
[[File:Memorial statue To Frank Patterson Clonmel.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Frank Patterson]] (statue)]]
* [[15 January]] – [[Alf Ringstead]], footballer (b. 1927)
* [[28 January]] – [[Tony Doyle (actor)|Tony Doyle]], actor (b. 1942)
* [[1 February]] – [[Patrick Shanahan (politician)|Patrick Shanahan]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (b. 1908)
* [[2 February]] – [[Francis Stuart]], writer (b. 1902)
* [[13 February]] – [[F. X. Martin]], priest and historian (b. 1922)
* [[25 February]] – [[Tom McEllistrim (1926–2000)|Tom McEllistrim]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (b. 1926)
* [[6 March]] – [[Jonathan Philbin Bowman]], journalist and radio presenter (b. 1969)
* [[20 April]] – [[Death of John Carthy|John Carthy]], shot dead by the [[Garda Síochána]] (b. 1972)
* [[7 June]] – [[Mona Tyndall]], missionary sister and development worker (b. 1921)
* [[10 June]] – [[Frank Patterson]], tenor (b. 1938)