As recent as that could be fairly easy. Try one of the geneology websites, however you will probably have to pay a fee. Unfortunately I had a Great great great grandfather that came from Ireland and could not find any info,, but you should be able to find it fairly easily. Also try looking into some website from Ireland itself, you could find someone who actually knew him.
I found www.ireland-information.com
Update, I checked it out, if it doesn't come up the first time keep trying, but it seems like a very good place to start your search
