1935 in Ireland

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See also:	1935 in Northern Ireland; Other events of 1935; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1935 in Ireland.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

3 January – an Anglo-Irish Coal-Cattle Pact is signed between the governments of Britain and theIrish Free State.^[1]
20 January – forty men from theConnemara Gaeltachttravel toCounty Meathto inspect the area which is to be settled by residents of the Gaeltacht.^[2]
27 January – relics and souvenirs of the 1916Easter Risingarrive at theNational Museum.
19 February – workmen unearth a statue ofJesusduring excavations for road making inCounty Clare.
28 February – theCriminal Law Amendment Actdeals with varioussexual offences.Section 17 explicitly makes the import or sale ofcontraceptivedevices illegal.
3 March – in hisLentenpastoral theThomas O'Doherty,Bishop of Galway,denounces immodest dress and vulgar films. Membership ofTrinity College Dublinis still forbidden forCatholicsand membership of theIRAandCommunistorganizations remainmortal sins.
20 March – after seventeen days of a bus strike, thearmyintervenes at the request of theMinister for Industry and Commerceby providing lorries for transport.
26 March – 72 republicans are arrested and held at the BridewellGardaStation.
1 April – the National Athletics and Cycling Association is suspended from theInternational Amateur Athletic Federationfor refusing to confine its activities to theFree Stateside of the border.
12 April – eleven families from the ConnemaraGaeltachtarrive inCounty Meathto set up theRáth CairnGaeltacht.^[2]
14 July – five people are killed and seventy injured as a result ofsectarianrioting inBelfast.
26 October –Edward Carson, Baron Carson,theDublin-bornUnionistleader and barrister, is buried inBelfast.
9 November –Arranmoreboat tragedy: 19 of 20 onboard are killed when ayawlruns aground on the crossing fromBurtonport.^[3]
7 December – a bad day for Irish sport: theIreland national rugby union teamis beaten by New Zealand and the Irish soccer team is beaten by theNetherlands.
16 December –FoynesinCounty Limerickis chosen to be the European terminal of a transatlanticflying boatair service.
Undated
- In the first major investigation into politicalcorruption in Irelandsince the formation of the Free State, the "Wicklow Gold Inquiry" clearsSeán Lemass(Minister for Industry and Commerce) of wrongdoing in the grant of mining licences inCounty WicklowtoFianna Fáilpoliticians.^[4]
- William Magnerbegins commercial cider production inClonmel,County Tipperary.

Arts and literature[edit]

2 April – First meeting of theIrish Folklore Commission,set up by thegovernmentunder the direction ofSéamus Ó Duileargato study and collect information onfolkloreandtraditions.^[5]
12 August –Seán O'Casey's playThe Silver Tassie,set inWorld War Iand premièred in 1929 in London, is first performed at theAbbey Theatrein Dublin, where it proves controversial.
23 September –The fourth Theatre Royalopens in Dublin.
Samuel Beckettpublishes his poetryEcho's Bones and Other Precipitates.^[6]
Sinéad de Valeraproduces her playCluichidhe na Gaedhilge.
Oliver St. John Gogartypublishes his first prose work,As I Was Going Down Sackville Street:A Phantasy in Fact.
Norah Houltpublishes her novelHoly Ireland.
Louis MacNeicepublishes hisPoems.^[6]
W. B. Yeatspublishes his poetryA Full Moon in March.^[6]

Sport[edit]

Football[edit]

League of Ireland

Winners:Dolphins

FAI Cup

Winners:Bohemians4–3Dundalk

Golf[edit]

Irish Openis won byErnest Whitcombe(England).

Births[edit]

11 January –Colm O'Reilly,Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise(1983– ).
16 January –William Walsh,Bishop of Killaloe(1994– ).
9 February –Liam Kavanagh,Labour Party Teachta DálarepresentingWicklow,Member of the European Parliament.
18 February – –Ciarán Bourke,singer (d.1988)
20 February –Bríd Rodgers,Social Democratic and Labour PartyMLA and Minister.
21 February –Brian Mullooly,Fianna Fáilpolitician, twiceCathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann.
23 February –Tom Murphy,playwright (died 2018).
4 March –Don Davern,Fianna FáilTD forTipperary South1965–1968 (died 1968).
6 March –Ronnie Delany,athlete.
1 April –Billy Whelan,footballer (died 1958).
22 April –Tim Pat Coogan,historian and broadcaster.
25 April –John Boland,Roman Catholic bishopof theDiocese of Savannah,Georgia.
15 May –Barry Desmond,Labour Party TD,Cabinet Minister andMEP.
16 June –Peter Rice,structural engineer (died 1992).
18 June –Jimmy Brohan,Corkhurler.
July –Arthur Ryan,businessman (died 2019).
11 July –Oliver Napier,Northern Irish politician (died 2011)
20 July –Hugh Coveney,Fine Gael TDand Cabinet Minister, yachtsman (died 1998).
4 August –Michael J. Noonan,Fianna Fáil TDand Cabinet Minister.
13 August –Brendan Comiskey,Roman Catholic bishopof theDiocese of Ferns.
16 September –Charles McDonald,Fine Gaelpolitician,Cathaoirleach(chair) ofSeanad Éireann1981–1982.
29 September –Ian Lewis,cricketer (died 2004).
16 October –Fred Tiedt,boxer (died 1999).
27 November –Johnny Byrne,writer and script editor (died 2008).
4 December –Noel Peyton,soccer player.
8 December –Michael Woods,Fianna FáilTDforDublin North-Eastand Cabinet Minister.
Full date unknown
- Pauline Bewick,artist (born in England).
- Eddie Fullerton,Sinn Féincouncillor (killed by theUlster Defence Association1991).
- Pádraig Ó Snodaigh,Irish languageactivist, poet, writer and publisher.
- Bob Quinn,filmmaker, writer and photographer.

Deaths[edit]

23 March –Robert Browne,Roman Catholic bishopof theDiocese of Cloyne(born1844).
8 April –Patrick Joseph Sullivan,mayor ofCasper, WyomingandRepublicanmember of theUnited States SenatefromWyoming(born1865).
17 July –George William Russell('Æ'), critic, poet, essayist, artist and economist (born1867).
22 July –William Mulholland,water service engineer inSouthern California(born1855).
9 August –James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington,businessman and philanthropist (born1849).
15 September –Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet,peer, MP andSeanadmember (born1862).
22 October –Edward Carson, Baron Carson,Unionistleader,barristerandjudge(born1854).

References[edit]

^Lee, Joseph (1989).Ireland, 1912–1985: politics and society.Cambridge University Press. p. 201.ISBN 978-0-521-37741-6.
^^a ^bPegley, Suzanne M., ed. (2011).The Land Commission and the making of Ráth Cairn, the first Gaeltacht colony.Maynooth Studies in Local History. Dublin: Four Courts Press.ISBN 978-1-84682-297-1.
^"The Arranmore Island Boating Tragedy 9 Nov 1935".Donegal Genealogy.Retrieved25 April2022.
^Byrne, Elaine A. (2012).Political corruption in Ireland, 1922–2010: a crooked harp?.Manchester University Press.ISBN 9780719086885.
^Briody, Mícheál (2 February 2008)."Keepers of the folklore".The Irish Times.Retrieved21 March2012.
^^a ^b ^cCox, Michael, ed. (2004).The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature.Oxford University Press.ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

[1] Lee, Joseph (1989).Ireland, 1912–1985: politics and society.Cambridge University Press. p. 201.ISBN 978-0-521-37741-6.

[Gaeltacht-2] Pegley, Suzanne M., ed. (2011).The Land Commission and the making of Ráth Cairn, the first Gaeltacht colony.Maynooth Studies in Local History. Dublin: Four Courts Press.ISBN 978-1-84682-297-1.

[3] "The Arranmore Island Boating Tragedy 9 Nov 1935".Donegal Genealogy.Retrieved25 April2022.

[4] Byrne, Elaine A. (2012).Political corruption in Ireland, 1922–2010: a crooked harp?.Manchester University Press.ISBN 9780719086885.

[5] Briody, Mícheál (2 February 2008)."Keepers of the folklore".The Irish Times.Retrieved21 March2012.

[cocel-6] Cox, Michael, ed. (2004).The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature.Oxford University Press.ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

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