1936 in Ireland

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See also:	1936 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1936 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1936 in Ireland.

Incumbents

• Governor-General:Domhnall Ua Buachalla(until 11 December)
• President of the Executive Council:Éamon de Valera(FF)
• Vice-President of the Executive Council:Seán T. O'Kelly(FF)
• Minister for Finance:Seán MacEntee(FF)
• Chief Justice:
  • Hugh Kennedy(until 1 December 1936)
  • Timothy Sullivan(from 1 December 1936)
• Dáil:8th

Events

• 9 February – Brian de Valera, third son ofÉamon de Valera,dies in a riding accident, aged 21.
• 5 March – five hundred delegates attend theFine GaelÁrd-Feis inDublin.W. T. Cosgraveis once again nominated as its president.
• 4 April – a dispute between two unions over who makes coffins results in the coffin of an abandoned infant being turned away fromGlasnevin Cemetery.
• 27 May –Aer Lingusmakes its first flight. The five-seater plane,Iolar,travels fromBaldonnel AerodrometoBristol.
• 28 May – theDáilpasses a motion abolishing the Senate of theIrish Free State.
• 20 June – theIrish Republican Armyis (again) declared an illegal organisation by the government.
• 6 September – the newRoman CatholicChrist the King Cathedral, Mullingar,is dedicated.
• 20 November –GeneralEoin O'Duffyleads six hundred men in his Bandera to fight forFrancisco Francoin theSpanish Civil War.
• December – firstIrish socialist volunteers in the Spanish Civil War(including theConnolly Column) leave the Irish ports to fight for theRepublican faction,initially on the Córdoba front.
• 11 December – theOireachtas of the Irish Free Statepasses theConstitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936,removing most powers from the office ofGovernor-General of the Irish Free Statewith the intention of abolishing the post.
• 12 December – the Oireachtas'sExecutive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936is signed into law, assenting to theabdicationofEdward VIII of the United Kingdom(and passing of the throne toGeorge VI) and restricting the power of the monarch in relation to Ireland to international affairs.

Arts and literature

• Elizabeth Bowenpublishes her novelThe House in Paris.
• Austin Clarkepublishes his second novelThe Singing-Men at Cashel;like the first, it is prohibited in Ireland by theCensorship of Publications Board.
• Teresa Deevy's playKatie Rochepremieres.
• James Joycepublishes hisCollected Poems.
• Patrick KavanaghpublishesPloughman, and Other Poems.
• Harry KernoffpaintsIn Davy's Parlour Snug: Self portrait with Davy Byrne and Martin Murphy.
• Cecil Day-Lewispublishes his poetryNoah and the Waters.
• Lord Longfordfounds the Longford Players.
• Louis MacNeicepublishes his translation ofThe Agamemnon ofAeschylus.
• Seán Ó Faoláinpublishes his novelBird Alone;it is prohibited in Ireland by theCensorship of Publications Board.
• Peig Sayerspublishes her autobiographyPeig.
• George Shiels' playsThe Passing DayandThe Jailbirdare first produced.
• W. B. Yeatsdelivers broadcast lectures on theBBC(continuing into 1937), makes recordings of his own verseand editsThe Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892-1935.
• Literary magazineIreland Today,edited byFrank O'Connor,begins publication (June 1936 – March 1938).
• The Dawnis released; directed by Tom Cooper, it is the first sound film made in Ireland by an Irish company.

Sport

Football

• League of Ireland

  Winners:Bohemians

  FAI Cup

  Winners:Shamrock Rovers2–1Cork

Golf

• Irish Openis won byReg Whitcombe(England).

Births

• 6 January –Syd Cheatle,playwright and novelist.
• 30 January –Howard Kilroy,businessman (died 2019).
• 2 February
  • Fergal O'Hanlon,Irish Republican Armymember (killed 1957 withSeán Southattacking theRoyal Ulster Constabularybarracks inBrookeborough).
  • Tony Ryan,businessman and philanthropist, founder ofGuinness Peat Aviationand a founder ofRyanair(died 2007).
• 12 February –Monica Barnes,Fine GaelTeachta Dála.
• 17 February –Joe Haverty,soccer player.
• 18 February –Ciarán Bourke,musician, an original member ofThe Dubliners(died 1988).
• 3 March –Christopher Jones,Bishop of Elphin (1994– ).
• 11 March –Pat Brady,soccer player.
• 14 March –Vincent Brady,Fianna Fáilpolitician, Government Chief Whip and Minister for Defence.
• 15 March –David Andrews,Fianna FáilTD,Cabinet Minister and Chairman of the Irish Red Cross.
• 22 March –Patsy Dorgan,footballer (Blackburn Rovers,Cork Hibernians,Cork Celtic) (died 2021).
• 1 April –Gerry O'Sullivan,Labour Party (Ireland)TD,Minister of State andLord Mayor of Cork(died 1994).
• 7 April –Mick McGrath,soccer player and manager.
• 17 April –Brendan Kennelly,poet and novelist (died 2021)
• 19 April –Séamus Pattison,Labour PartyTDandCeann Comhairle(died 2018).
• 1 May –Colm Hilliard,Fianna FáilTD(died 2002).
• 7 May –Tony O'Reilly,rugby player and businessman (died 2024).
• 8 May –Michael O'Leary,TánaisteandLabour Partyleader (died 2006).
• 6 June –William Murphy,Bishop of Kerry (1995– ).
• 8 June –Michael O'Leary,leader of theLabour Party,Tánaisteand Cabinet Minister.
• 9 June –Mick O'Dwyer,Gaelic footballerand manager.
• 15 June –Gerry Culliton,rugby player (died 2012).
• 1 July –Gerard Brady,seniorFianna Fáilpolitician, Minister for Education (died 2020).
• 5 July –Brendan Halligan,economist andLabour Partypolitician (died 2020).
• 6 July –Dave Allen,comedian (died 2005).
• 9 July –Bobby Molloy,Fianna Fáil/Progressive DemocratsTDand Cabinet Minister (died 2016).
• 13 August –James Moriarty,Bishopof theDiocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
• 23 August –Godfrey Graham,cricketer.
• 1 September –Jim Kemmy,Labour PartyandDemocratic Socialist PartyTD(died 1997).
• 15 September –Máirín Quill,Progressive DemocratsTD.
• 18 September –Big Tom(McBride), country singer and musician (died 2018).
• 24 September –John MageeSPS, Bishop of Cloyne (1987– ), private secretary toPope John Paul II.
• 27 September –Barry Cogan,Fianna FáilTDandSenator.
• 5 October –Brian Hannon,Bishop of Clogher (Church of Ireland)from 1986 to 2001 (died 2022).
• 10 October –Dickie Rock,singer and songwriter.
• 21 October –William Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse,peer.
• 27 November –Feargal Quinn,businessman, founder ofSuperquinn,independent member ofSeanad Éireann(died 2019).
• 12 December –Noel Sheridan,actor, artist, DirectorNational College of Art and Design(1979–2003).
• 16 December –Jim Fitzsimons,Fianna FáilTD,Cabinet Minister andMEP.

  Full date unknown

  • Brian Bourke,artist.
  • Patrick Masterson,writer and Professor (Emeritus),University College Dublin.
  • Mattie McDonagh,Gaelic footballerwithGalway(died 2005).

Deaths

• 10 January –William Kenny,soldier, recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1914 nearYpres,Belgium (born1880).
• 20 January –George V of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(born 1865).
• 26 January –Francis O'Neill,police officer in America and collector ofIrish traditional music(born1848).
• February –Harry Corley,cricketer (born1878).
• 20 March –Justin Huntly McCarthy,politician and author (born1859).
• 24 March –Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville,Royal NavyHydrographic Surveyor,murdered byIrish Republican Army(born1863).
• 6 June –Eamonn Duggan,solicitor, nationalist, member1st Dáil(Pro Treaty),representingSouth Meath,Minister for Home Affairs (1922) (born1874).
• 14 July –William Cosgrove,recipient of theVictoria Crossfor gallantry in 1915 at theBattle of Gallipoli,Turkey(born1888).
• 14 July –Patrick Hogan,Sinn FéinandCumann na nGaedhealTD(born1891).
• 22 July –Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet,diplomat and politician (born1896).
• 29 July –Frank Gavan Duffy,fourthChief Justiceof theHigh Court of Australia(born1852).
• 6 August –Margaretta Eagar,nurse for the four daughters ofTsar Nicholas IIandTsarina Alexandraand memoirist (born1863).
• 8 September –John Sweetman,politician, a founder ofSinn Féinand second President of the party in 1908 (born1844).
• 27 October –William Morgan Jellett,Irish UnionistMPin theParliament of the United Kingdom(born1857).
• 30 November –Jimmy Elwood,footballer (born1901).
• 1 December –Hugh Kennedy,only Attorney-General ofSouthern Ireland,firstAttorney-General of the Irish Free Stateand first Chief Justice of theIrish Free State(born1879).
• December –Tommy Wood,soldier in the International Brigades, fatally wounded inBattle of Lopera(Spanish Civil War) (born c. 1919).