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Early record[edit]

Early confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection cases in Ireland ()
Case no. Date announced Status Origin type Origin Location Treatment facility Sex Age
1[1] 29 February 2020 Unknown Travel-related Northern Italy Dublin, Glasnevin Mater Hospital[2] Male Student
2[3] 3 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Northern Italy East of country Unknown Female Unknown
3[4] 4 March 2020 Recovered on 16 March[5] Travel-related Northern Italy West of country University Hospital Limerick Female Unknown
4[4] 4 March 2020 Recovered on 16 March[5] Travel-related Northern Italy West of country University Hospital Limerick Female Unknown
5[4] 4 March 2020 Recovered on 16 March[5] Travel-related Northern Italy West of country University Hospital Limerick Male Unknown
6[4] 4 March 2020 Recovered on 16 March[5] - Healthcare worker Travel-related Northern Italy West of country University Hospital Limerick Male Unknown
7[6] 5 March 2020 Unknown - Healthcare worker Community-related Unknown South of country - Cork Cork University Hospital Male Unknown
8–11[6] 5 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Northern Italy East of country Unknown Male Unknown
12–13[6] 5 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Case(s) in West of country West of country Unknown Female Unknown
14[7] 6 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Northern Italy East of country Unknown Male Unknown
15[7] 6 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Case(s) in West of country West of country Unknown Female Unknown
16[7] 6 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Case 7 South of country Unknown Female Unknown
17[7] 6 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Unknown South of country Unknown Male Unknown
18[7] 6 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Northern Italy South of country Unknown Female Unknown
19[8] 7 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Northern Italy East of country Unknown Male Unknown
20[9] 8 March 2020 Unknown Community-related Ireland East of country Unknown Female Unknown
21[9] 8 March 2020 Intensive care unit Community-related Ireland South of country - Cork Bon Secours Hospital, Cork Male Unknown
22[10] 9 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Ireland South of country Unknown Female Unknown
23[10] 9 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Ireland West of country Unknown Female Unknown
24[10] 9 March 2020 Unknown - Healthcare worker Person-to-person spread Ireland South of country Unknown Female Unknown
25[11] 10 March 2020 Unknown - Healthcare worker Person-to-person spread Ireland South of country Unknown Male Unknown
26[11] 10 March 2020 Unknown - Healthcare worker Person-to-person spread Ireland East of country Unknown Female Unknown
27-29[11] 10 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Travel from affected area South of country Unknown Male Unknown
30[11] 10 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Ireland West of country Unknown Male Unknown
31[11] 10 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Ireland West of country Unknown Female Unknown
32[11] 10 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Ireland South of country Unknown Female Unknown
33[11] 10 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Travel from affected area East of country Unknown Male Unknown
34[11] 10 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Travel from affected area East of country Unknown Female Unknown
35[12] 11 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Unknown South of country University Hospital Waterford Male Unknown
36-38[12] 11 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Unknown South of country Unknown Male Unknown
39[12] 11 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Ireland South of country Unknown Female Unknown
40[12] 11 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Ireland South of country Unknown Male Unknown
41-42[12] 11 March 2020 Unknown Travel-related Unknown South of country Unknown Male Unknown
43[12] 11 March 2020 Unknown Person-to-person spread Ireland East of country Unknown Male Unknown
44-65[13] 12 March 2020 - Person-to-person spread Ireland - - - -
66-67[13] 12 March 2020 - Community-related Ireland - - - -
68-70[13] 12 March 2020 - Travel-related Travel from affected area - - - -
71-76[14] 13 March 2020 - Travel-related Travel from affected area - - - -
77-88[14] 13 March 2020 4 are Healthcare workers Person-to-person spread Ireland - - - -
89-90[14] 13 March 2020 - Community-related Ireland - - - -
91-129[15] 14 March 2020 - - - 21 East, 13 South, 3 North/West, 2 West - 29 Male, 10 Female -
130-169[16] 15 March 2020 - - - 25 East, 9 West, 6 South - 23 Male, 17 Female -
170-223[17] 16 March 2020 - - - 41 East, 11 South, 2 North/West - 30 Male, 24 Female -
224-292[18] 17 March 2020 - - - 48 East, 13 South, 5 North/West, 3 West - 29 Male, 40 Female -
293-366[19] 18 March 2020 - - - - - 45 Male, 29 Female -

Noted figures[edit]

Self-confirmed and posthumously reported SARS-CoV-2 infection cases involving noted figures of Ireland[a]
Period Name Location Treatment Status Origin type Birth Occupation Sex
March 2020 Michael Carton Dublin Hospitalisation[20] Recovered[21] 1984 Fireman, former hurler Male
March 2020 Mark Prendergast Swords Self-isolation[22] Recovered[23][24] Travel through Heathrow Airport (suspected)[25] 1989 Guitarist Male
March 2020 Ciara Kelly Greystones[26] Self-isolation[27] Recovered[28] Community-related[29] 1971 Broadcaster, columnist, former medical doctor Female
March 2020 Claire Byrne Bray[30] Self-isolation[31] Recovered[32] 1975 Journalist, presenter Female
March 2020 Suzanne Campbell Leinster Hospitalisation[33] Unclear 19?? Television director, producer, food writer Female
March 2020 Seán Boylan Blanchardstown Hospitalisation[34] Recovered[b] While attending a medical appointment[36] 1949 Herbalist, former football manager Male
March 2020 Siobhán Killeen Dublin Self-isolation[37] Unclear[c] 1995 Ladies' footballer and association football player Female
March 2020 Marian McGuinness Cavan[d] Self-isolation Recovered[41] Person-to-person spread[42] 1985/6 Former ladies' footballer Female
March 2020 Ryan Tubridy Monkstown[43] Self-isolation[44] Recovered[45] 1973 Broadcaster, writer Male
March 2020 John Prine Nashville[e] Hospitalisation[48] Deceased[49] 1946 Country folk singer-songwriter Male
April 2020 Tim Robinson London[f] Hospitalisation Deceased[51] 1935 Cartographer Male
April 2020 Tom Scully Dublin Hospitalisation[52] Deceased[g] 1930[52] Priest, former football manager Male
April 2020 Jonathan Glynn New York City[h] Self-isolation[54] Recovered[55] 1993 Hurler, coach Male
April 2020 Mary Lou McDonald[56] Dublin Self-isolation Recovered[57] "I have no idea how I got it, it will forever be a mystery"[58] 1969 Politician (one of 160 members of the 33rd Dáil), President of Sinn Féin Female
April 2020 Danny Delaney Portlaoise Hospitalisation[59] Deceased[i] Outbreak at the Maryborough Centre Before 1950s Former footballer, former administrator Male
April 2020 Tom Duffy Dublin[62] Hospitalisation[63] Recovered[64] 1929 Former circus ringmaster Male
April 2020 Tom Mulholland Drogheda Hospitalisation Deceased[j] Outbreak at Dealgan House Nursing Home 1936 Former footballer Male
April 2020 Dave Bacuzzi Dublin Hospitalisation Deceased[k] 1940 Former association football player and manager Male
April 2020 Laura Bernal Rathmines[67] None Deceased[l] Mid-1950s Diplomat (ambassador to Ireland of Argentina) Female
April 2020 Noel Walsh Ennis[70] Hospitalisation[70] Deceased[70] 1935 Former footballer, former administrator Male
May 2020 Declan Lynch Antrim Self-isolation[71] Recovered[72] 1992 Footballer Male
June 2020 Conor McKenna Melbourne[m] None[n] Recovered 1996 Professional Australian rules footballer and Gaelic footballer Male
June 2020 Arthur Keaveney Unclear Deceased[77] 1951 Historian of Ancient Rome Male
September 2020 Conor Morrison Santry[o] Self-isolation[78] Recovered[p] Mid-1990s Footballer Male
September/October 2020[79] Tommy Tubridy Doonbeg Self-isolation Recovered 19?? Footballer Male
September/October 2020 David Tubridy Doonbeg Self-isolation[80] Recovered 1980s Footballer Male
October 2020 Aidan Breen Fermanagh Self-isolation[81] Unclear 19?? Footballer Male
October 2020 Jack Byrne Dublin Self-isolation[q] Recovered 1996 Association football player Male
October 2020 Emer Currie Dublin Self-isolation[85] Recovered[86] 1979 Politician (one of 60 members of the 26th Seanad) Female
November 2020 Callum Robinson Dublin None[r] Recovered 1995 Association football player Male
November 2020 Alan Browne London[s] Self-isolation Recovered[t] 1995 Association football player Male
November 2020 Billy Morgan Cork Required health system treatment[91] Recovered[91] 1945 Football manager and former player Male
November 2020 Matt Doherty Cardiff[u] Unclear Recovered[v] 1992 Association football player Male
November 2020 James McClean Cardiff[w] Unclear Recovered[x] 1989 Association football player Male
December 2020 Charlie McConalogue Dublin[y] Self-isolation[97] Recovered[98] 1977 Politician (one of 160 members of the 33rd Dáil), Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Male
December 2020 Joanne Cregg Galway Self-isolation[99] No[99] Work-related[100] 1993 Ladies' footballer Female
January 2021 Helen McEntee Ireland Self-isolation[101] Recovered 1986 Politician (one of 160 members of the 33rd Dáil), Minister for Justice Female
January 2021 James Cross Seaford, East Sussex[z] Unclear Deceased[102] 1921[102] Diplomat and kidnapping survivor (October Crisis) Male
January 2021 Adam Idah Norwich[aa] Self-isolation N/A 2001 Association football player Male
January 2021 Ronan Curtis Portsmouth[ab] Self-isolation No[105] 1996 Association football player Male
February 2021 Marie-Louise O'Donnell Ireland Recovered[106] 1952 Academic, broadcaster, former senator Female
March 2021 Ruhan Pretorius Chittagong[ac] Sent to isolation room[108] Recovered 1991 Cricket player Male
Notes
  1. ^ Footballers from Antrim, Fermanagh and Tyrone are included as they play games, and against teams from, across the island.
  2. ^ The former Meath manager spoke during an interview on RTÉ Radio in January 2021 about spending six days in Blanchardstown's Connolly Hospital the previous March after becoming ill six days after a routine medical appointment; he was discharged after a further six days on the 31st of that month.[35]
  3. ^ Killeen returned to work in April and was reported as having recovered.[38] However, she said in late June she was "still on the long road to full recovery".[39]
  4. ^ The ladies' footballer was based in Cavan at the time of her diagnosis.[40]
  5. ^ The singer—who lived part-time in Kinvara, in the southwest of County Galway, and married a woman from County Donegal—died in hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, on 8 April 2020. His wife also contracted the virus but recovered.[46][47]
  6. ^ The cartographer—who wrote on the west of Ireland, settled in the Aran Islands and was a member of Aosdána and the Royal Irish Academy—died in hospital in London, England, on 3 April 2020, two weeks after his wife.[50]
  7. ^ The former Offaly manager—who led the team to the 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final—died in Dublin on the morning of 7 April.[53]
  8. ^ The hurler—who won the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with Galway—tested COVID-19 positive in the U.S., where he was working as a coach with the New York team. His fiancée also tested positive. Both recovered. Their diagnoses were announced on 13 April after both had recovered.
  9. ^ The former footballer died at the Maryborough Centre in Portlaoise on the morning of 14 April.[60][61]
  10. ^ The former footballer died at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda on 20 April.[65]
  11. ^ The Englishman—who had lived in Ireland since the 1970s and managed the association football clubs Cork Hibernians and Home Farm—died at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin on 21 April.[66]
  12. ^ The body of Argentina's ambassador to Ireland was found at her residence in Dublin on 26 April and subsequently identified as COVID-19 positive. Bernal was not repatriated and was buried near Foxford, County Mayo.[68][69]
  13. ^ The then Essendon Football Club player became the Australian Football League's first COVID-19 case when he returned a low-level positive result on 20 June. After a particularly negative reaction from the local media,[73][74] McKenna returned home and resumed his football career with Tyrone.[75]
  14. ^ McKenna's positive test could not be replicated.[76]
  15. ^ The Donegal footballer discovered he had tested COVID-19 positive on a September Monday night in Santry before a scheduled operation to repair a leg injury.[78]
  16. ^ A scheduled operation to repair a leg injury went ahead in October, indicating he was COVID-19 negative at this time (six weeks after the positive test).[78]
  17. ^ The Republic of Ireland international association football player tested positive for COVID-19 while on international duty in October. Byrne's club Shamrock Rovers confirmed this while also announcing that another of their players, Aaron Greene, had tested positive.[82] Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley said Byrne was "probably the worst out of the group" of players at the club.[83] Byrne later reported having had breathing difficulties while ill.[84]
  18. ^ The Republic of Ireland international association football player was asymptomatic.[87] He tested negative upon returning to his club West Bromwich Albion.[88]
  19. ^ The Republic of Ireland international association football player tested positive for COVID-19 after playing a full mid-November game away to England at Wembley Stadium.[89]
  20. ^ Browne scored a winning goal for his club Preston North End in December.[90]
  21. ^ The Republic of Ireland international association football player tested positive for COVID-19 after playing a full mid-November game away to Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium. The announcement also included James McClean's positive result.[92]
  22. ^ Doherty was playing for his club Tottenham Hotspur in December.[93]
  23. ^ The Republic of Ireland international association football player tested positive for COVID-19 after playing a full mid-November game away to Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium. The announcement also included Matt Doherty's positive result.[94]
  24. ^ McClean was playing for his club Stoke City in December.[95]
  25. ^ The minister was tested after returning from Brussels on 17 December. The result was negative. McConalogue then went shopping in Dublin city centre hours ahead of a scheduled five-day follow-up COVID-19 test which led to the positive result he received "sometime between 10.30am and 11am" on 23 December. He displayed no symptoms.[96]
  26. ^ Cross, a diplomat born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, died of COVID-19 on 6 January 2021.
  27. ^ Norwich City announced on 8 January that Idah had tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of his club's FA Cup Third Round Proper game against Coventry City but that the Republic of Ireland international association football player was "well" and isolating.[103]
  28. ^ Portsmouth Football Club announced on 12 January that Republic of Ireland international association football player Curtis had tested positive for COVID-19 after "feeling rough" and developing symptoms ahead of his club's FA Cup Third Round Proper game against Bristol City.[104]
  29. ^ South African-born Pretorius tested positive for COVID-19 while playing for the Ireland Wolves cricket team in Bangladesh in 2020–21. The match was suspended.[107] His test was later found to be a false positive.[108]

Cumulative cases by county[edit]

Cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 by county (to midnight 2 May 2021)[109]
County Cases (%)
Dublin
88,884(35.51%)
Cork
22,488(8.98%)
Kildare
12,103(4.84%)
Limerick
11,414(4.56%)
Meath
10,611(4.24%)
Galway
10,434(4.17%)
Donegal
10,074(4.02%)
Louth
9,176(3.67%)
Wexford
7,082(2.83%)
Mayo
6,450(2.58%)
Tipperary
5,881(2.35%)
Waterford
5,617(2.24%)
Cavan
5,050(2.02%)
Monaghan
5,022(2.01%)
Clare
4,875(1.95%)
Wicklow
4,688(1.87%)
Kerry
4,530(1.81%)
Offaly
4,330(1.73%)
Westmeath
3,919(1.57%)
Laois
3,657(1.46%)
Kilkenny
3,549(1.42%)
Carlow
2,865(1.14%)
Roscommon
2,423(0.97%)
Sligo
2,330(0.93%)
Longford
1,995(0.80%)
Leitrim
842(0.34%)

Total: 250,289

14-day epidemiology[edit]

Confirmed COVID-19 cases by county notified in Ireland from 20 April 2021 to midnight 3 May 2021()
County Confirmed cases Incidence per 100,000 of population[a] 5 day moving average (29 Apr to 3 May) Confirmed cases (to midnight 3 May)
Carlow 49 86.1 4.2 <5
Cavan 107 140.5 10.6 6
Clare 47 39.6 3.0 <5
Cork 399 73.5 40.0 16
Donegal 488 306.5 27.6 25
Dublin 2,557 189.8 189.8 129
Galway 233 90.3 17.6 11
Kerry 20 13.5 1.6 <5
Kildare 592 266.1 49.2 40
Kilkenny 30 30.2 2.6 5
Laois 46 54.3 1.8 <5
Leitrim 34 106.1 1.4 <5
Limerick 248 127.2 14.8 12
Longford 58 141.9 3.2 <5
Louth 154 119.5 13.8 25
Mayo 68 52.1 3.8 <5
Meath 283 145.1 21.0 32
Monaghan 46 74.9 2.2 <5
Offaly 124 159.1 5.4 <5
Roscommon 64 99.2 7.0 16
Sligo 25 38.1 1.0 <5
Tipperary 267 167.3 14.8 17
Waterford 94 80.9 9.2 5
Westmeath 184 207.3 12.6 15
Wexford 38 25.4 3.0 <5
Wicklow 130 91.3 9.0 5
Total 6,385 134.1 470.2 383
Source: Department of Health[110]
  1. ^ The incidence rate per 100,000 of the population is based on the 2016 census from the CSO.

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