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Events from the year1936 in Ireland.

• 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
• Seanad:1934 Seanad (until 19 May 1936)

• 9 February – Brian de Valera, third son ofÉamon de Valera, dies in a riding accident, aged 21.
• 5 March – five hundred delegates attend theFine Gael Árd-Feis inDublin.W. T. Cosgrave is 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 Lingus makes its first flight. The five-seater plane,Iolar, travels fromBaldonnel Aerodrome toBristol.
• 28 May – theDáil passes a motion abolishing the Senate of theIrish Free State.
• 20 June – theIrish Republican Army is (again) declared an illegal organisation by the government.
• 6 September – the newRoman CatholicChrist the King Cathedral, Mullingar, is dedicated. Granite fromBarnacullia quarries in Dublin was used in its construction.^[1]: 12:32
• 20 November –GeneralEoin O'Duffy leads six hundred men of hisIrish Brigade to fight forFrancisco Franco in theSpanish Civil War.^[2]
• 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 State passes theConstitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936, removing most powers from the office ofGovernor-General of the Irish Free State with the intention of abolishing the post.
• 12 December – the Oireachtas'sExecutive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 is signed into law, assenting to theabdication ofEdward 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.

• Elizabeth Bowen publishes her novelThe House in Paris.
• Austin Clarke publishes his second novelThe Singing-Men at Cashel; like the first, it is prohibited in Ireland by theCensorship of Publications Board.
• Teresa Deevy's playKatie Roche premieres.
• James Joyce publishes hisCollected Poems.^[3]
• Patrick Kavanagh publishesPloughman, and Other Poems.^[3]
• Harry Kernoff paintsIn Davy's Parlour Snug: Self portrait with Davy Byrne and Martin Murphy.
• Cecil Day-Lewis publishes his poetryNoah and the Waters.^[3]
• Lord Longford founds the Longford Players.
• Louis MacNeice publishes his translation ofThe Agamemnon ofAeschylus.^[3]
• Seán Ó Faoláin publishes his novelBird Alone; it is prohibited in Ireland by theCensorship of Publications Board.^[4]
• Peig Sayers publishes her autobiographyPeig.
• George Shiels' playsThe Passing Day andThe Jailbird are first produced.
• W. B. Yeats delivers broadcast lectures on theBBC (continuing into 1937), makes recordings of his own verse^[5] and editsThe Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892-1935.
• Literary magazineIreland Today, edited byFrank O'Connor, begins publication (June 1936 – March 1938).
• The Dawn is released; directed by Tom Cooper, it is the first sound film made in Ireland by an Irish company.

• League of Ireland

  Winners:Bohemians

  FAI Cup

  Winners:Shamrock Rovers 2–1Cork

• Irish Open is won byReg Whitcombe (England).

• 6 January –Syd Cheatle, playwright and novelist.
• 30 January –Howard Kilroy, businessman (died 2019).
• 2 February
  • Fergal O'Hanlon,Irish Republican Army member (killed 1957 withSeán South attacking theRoyal Ulster Constabulary barracks inBrookeborough).
  • Tony Ryan, businessman and philanthropist, founder ofGuinness Peat Aviation and 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 Fáil politician, 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 PartyTD andCeann 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,Tánaiste andLabour Party leader (died 2006).
• 6 June –William Murphy, Bishop of Kerry (1995– ).
• 8 June –Michael O'Leary, leader of theLabour Party,Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister.
• 9 June –Mick O'Dwyer,Gaelic footballer and manager.
• 15 June –Gerry Culliton, rugby player (died 2012).
• 1 July –Gerard Brady, seniorFianna Fáil politician, Minister for Education (died 2020).
• 5 July –Brendan Halligan, economist andLabour Party politician (died 2020).
• 6 July –Dave Allen, born David Tynan O'Mahony, comedian (died 2005).
• 9 July –Bobby Molloy,Fianna Fáil/Progressive DemocratsTD and Cabinet Minister (died 2016).
• 13 August –James Moriarty,Bishop of theDiocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
• 23 August –Godfrey Graham, cricketer.
• 1 September –Jim Kemmy,Labour Party andDemocratic Socialist PartyTD (died 1997).
• 15 September –Máirín Quill,Progressive DemocratsTD.
• 18 September –Big Tom (McBride), country singer and musician (died 2018).
• 24 September –John Magee SPS, Bishop of Cloyne (1987– ), private secretary toPope John Paul II.
• 27 September –Barry Cogan,Fianna FáilTD andSenator.
• 5 October –Brian Hannon,Bishop of Clogher (Church of Ireland) from 1986 to 2001 (died 2022).
• 10 October –Dickie Rock, singer and songwriter (died 2024).
• 19 October –Patrick Masterson, writer and academic.
• 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, painter.
  • Mattie McDonagh,Gaelic footballer withGalway (died 2005).

• 10 January –William Kenny, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for 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 Cross for gallantry in 1915 at theBattle of Gallipoli,Turkey (born1888).
• 14 July –Patrick Hogan,Sinn Féin andCumann na nGaedhealTD (born1891).
• 22 July –Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet, diplomat and politician (born1896).
• 29 July –Frank Gavan Duffy, fourthChief Justice of theHigh Court of Australia (born1852).
• 6 August –Margaretta Eagar, nurse for the four daughters ofTsar Nicholas II andTsarina Alexandra and memoirist (born1863).
• 8 September –John Sweetman, politician, a founder ofSinn Féin and second President of the party in 1908 (born1844).
• 27 October –William Jellett,Irish UnionistMP in 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 State and 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).

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