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Events from the year1934 in Ireland.

• Governor-General:Domhnall Ua Buachalla
• 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
• Dáil:8th
• Seanad:
  • 1931 Seanad (until 5 December 1934)
  • 1934 Seanad (from 12 December 1934)

• 12 January – Republican Press Ltd takes a High Court action against theGarda Síochána over the seizure of theAn Phoblacht newspaper.
• 20 January – the funeral of the veteran nationalistMember of ParliamentJoseph Devlin takes place inBelfast.
• 5 February –Dublin Corporation debates a letter from theGaelic League asking for a ban on the broadcast ofjazz music on the grounds that it is contrary to the spirit of Christianity and nationality.
• 7 February – discussions on the formation of a new Volunteer Force leads to an explosive debate in theDáil.Civil War events are revisited and there are angry exchanges between deputies.
• 23 February – the Government introduces theWearing of Uniform (Restriction) Bill 1934.Cumann na nGaedheal opposes what is soon dubbedTheBlueshirts Bill.
• 26 February – 300 pupils from theChristian Brothers schools inThurles go on strike as a protest against the wearing of blue shirts by a number of their classmates. They parade through the town singing "The Soldiers Song".
• 2 March – the Wearing of Uniform (Restriction) Bill is carried in theDáil by 80 votes to 60.W. T. Cosgrave condemns the Bill and predicts its failure.
• 10 March – the National Athletic and Cycling Association decides to ban women from taking part in events and meetings.
• 17 March – asocialist motion put to theIrish Republican Army convention in Dublin is lost.
• 18 March – GeneralEoin O'Duffy addresses 2,500 Blueshirts inTrim Market Square.
• 27 March – theIrish Hospitals' Sweepstake receives a blow when the Betting and Lotteries Act is passed by theParliament of the United Kingdom, prohibiting the sale of lottery tickets in the UK.^[1][2]
• 7–8 April –Republican Congress first meets inAthlone, formed from disaffectedsocialist ex-members of theIrish Republican Army.
• 9 April –W. W. McDowell, US Minister to Ireland, dies at a State banquet in his honour atDublin Castle, betweenPresidentÉamon de Valera and MrsSinéad de Valera.^[3]
• 2 May – an application to obtain permission for deposed Soviet leaderLeon Trotsky to live in Ireland has failed.
• August–October – newspaper strike in Dublin.
• 13 August - theCopley Street riot occurs, leading to a clash between theBroy Harriers and theBlueshirts that leaves one person dead.
• 29–30 September – theRepublican Congress, at its first annual meeting (held atRathmines), suffers a split on policy.
• December – Republicans demonstrate against the screening at theSavoy Cinema in Dublin of anewsreel of the marriage ofPrince George, Duke of Kent, toPrincess Marina.^[4]

• 3 March – the thirdTheatre Royal, Dublin, closes.
• 6 April –W. B. Yeats shares the Gothenburg Prize for Poetry.
• August–January –Brian O'Nolan publishes the magazineBlather in Dublin.
• 18 October – release ofRobert J. Flaherty'sfictionaldocumentary filmMan of Aran in the United States.
• Adolf Mahr is appointed Director of theNational Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
• Samuel Beckett publishes his prose collectionMore Pricks Than Kicks.
• Patricia Lynch publishes her children's bookThe Turf-Cutter's Donkey: An Irish Story of Mystery and Adventure.
• Francis MacManus publishes his first novelStand and Give Challenge in Dublin.
• Kate O'Brien publishes her novelThe Ante-Room.
• W. B. Yeats publishes his poetryThe King of the Great Clock Tower.^[5]

• League of Ireland

  Winners:Bohemians

  FAI Cup

  Winners:Cork 2–1St James' Gate

• Irish Open is won bySyd Easterbrook (England).

• 12 January –Edmond Carmody,Roman Catholicbishop in theDiocese of Corpus Christi.
• 21 January –Audrey Dalton, actress.
• 3 February –Joseph Duffy,Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher.
• 4 February –Tom Cheasty,Waterford hurler (died 2007).
• 7 February –Rory O'Hanlon,Fianna FáilTD forCavan–Monaghan, Cabinet Minister andCeann Comhairle ofDáil Éireann.
• 6 March –Mella Carroll, judge of theHigh Court (died 2006).
• 7 March –Seán Garland, politician (died 2018)
• 1 May –Rory Kiely,Fianna FáilSenator,Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann 2002–2007.
• 4 May –Patrick O'Donoghue, fifthRoman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster in England.
• 3 May –Larry Gogan, radio disc jockey (died 2020).
• 19 May –Mark Hely-Hutchinson, son of 7thEarl of Donoughmore, chief executive ofGuinness Ireland and group chief executive,Bank of Ireland (1983–1991).
• 29 May –Mick Meagan, football player and manager.
• 4 June –Seamus Elliott, road bicycle racer (died 1971).
• 7 July –Robert McNeill Alexander, zoologist, authority on animal locomotion (died 2016).
• 13 July –Brian McCracken, Justice of the Supreme Court, sole member of TheMcCracken Tribunal into certain payments byBen Dunne toCharles Haughey andMichael Lowry.
• 29 July –Patrick Coveney,Roman CatholicArchbishop.
• 30 July –Kathleen O'Connor, teacher,Clann na PoblachtaTD forKerry North and the youngest ever woman elected toDáil Éireann (at aby-election in 1956) (died 2017).
• 31 July –Fergus Bourke, photographer (died 2004).
• 5 August –Gay Byrne, broadcaster, host ofThe Late Late Show (died 2019).
• 25 August –Michael Lynch,Fianna FáilTD andsenator (died 2019).
• 16 September –Ronnie Drew, singer and folk musician, withThe Dubliners (died 2008).
• 23 September –Thomas Kilroy, playwright and novelist.
• October 17 -Kathleen Watkins, broadcaster and actress (died 2024).
• 26 October –Walton Empey,Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland),Primate of Ireland (1996–2002).
• 30 October –Noel Dwyer, soccer player (died 1993).
• 12 November –John McGahern, writer (died 2006).
• 14 November –Catherine McGuinness, Justice of the Supreme Court, High Court and Circuit Court, Senior Counsel and Senator.
• 2 December
  • Harry Perry, welterweight Olympic boxer (died 2021).
  • Brian Phelan, actor, screenwriter and dramatist (died 2024).
• Full date unknown
  • John Bennett,Cork hurler.
  • Francis John Byrne, historian (died 2017).
  • Johnny Clifford,Cork hurler (died 2007).

• 1 January –John Crowley, medical doctor, member1st Dáil representingNorth Mayo (born1870).
• 18 January –Joseph Devlin,Nationalist politician andMP in theBritish House of Commons and inNorthern Ireland (born1872).
• April –Robert McCall, lawyer (born1849).
• 29 September –Patrick S. Dinneen, lexicographer and historian (born1860).
• 28 November
  • Seán O'Mahony,Sinn Féin MP (born1872).
  • George F. O'Shaunessy,DemocratU.S. Representative fromRhode Island (born1868).
• 3 December –Charles James O'Donnell, colonial administrator and MP (born1849).
• Full date unknown –Nathaniel Hill, impressionist painter (born1861).

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