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List of events
Events from the year 1936 in Ireland .
Incumbents
Events
9 February – Brian de Valera, third son of
Éamon de Valera , dies in a riding accident, aged 21.
5 March – five hundred delegates attend the
Fine Gael Árd-Feis in
Dublin .
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 from
Glasnevin Cemetery .
27 May –
Aer Lingus makes its first flight. The five-seater plane, Iolar, travels from
Baldonnel Aerodrome to
Bristol .
28 May – the
Dáil passes a motion abolishing the Senate of the
Irish Free State .
20 June – the
Irish Republican Army is (again) declared an illegal organisation by the government.
6 September – the new
Roman Catholic
Christ the King Cathedral, Mullingar , is dedicated.
20 November –
General
Eoin O'Duffy leads six hundred men in his Bandera to fight for
Francisco Franco in the
Spanish Civil War .
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December – first
Irish socialist volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (including the
Connolly Column ) leave the Irish ports to fight for the
Republican faction , initially on the Córdoba front.
11 December – the
Oireachtas of the Irish Free State passes the
Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936 , removing most powers from the office of
Governor-General of the Irish Free State with the intention of abolishing the post.
12 December – the Oireachtas's
Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 is signed into law, assenting to the
abdication of
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (and passing of the throne to
George VI ) and restricting the power of the monarch in relation to Ireland to international affairs.
Arts and literature
Sport
Golf
Births
6 January –
Syd Cheatle , playwright and novelist.
30 January –
Howard Kilroy , businessman (died 2019).
2 February
12 February –
Monica Barnes ,
Fine Gael
Teachta Dála .
17 February –
Joe Haverty , soccer player.
18 February –
Ciarán Bourke , musician, an original member of
The 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 Fáil
TD , 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 and
Lord 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 Party
TD and
Ceann Comhairle (died 2018).
1 May –
Colm Hilliard ,
Fianna Fáil
TD (died 2002).
7 May –
Tony O'Reilly , rugby player and businessman.
8 May –
Michael O'Leary ,
Tánaiste and
Labour Party leader (died 2006).
6 June –
William Murphy , Bishop of Kerry (1995– ).
8 June –
Michael O'Leary , leader of the
Labour 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 , senior
Fianna Fáil politician, Minister for Education (died 2020).
5 July –
Brendan Halligan , economist and
Labour Party politician (died 2020).
6 July –
Dave Allen , comedian (died 2005).
9 July –
Bobby Molloy ,
Fianna Fáil /
Progressive Democrats
TD and Cabinet Minister (died 2016).
13 August –
James Moriarty ,
Bishop of the
Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin .
23 August –
Godfrey Graham , cricketer.
1 September –
Jim Kemmy ,
Labour Party and
Democratic Socialist Party
TD (died 1997).
15 September –
Máirín Quill ,
Progressive Democrats
TD .
18 September –
Big Tom (McBride), country singer and musician (died 2018).
24 September –
John Magee SPS, Bishop of Cloyne (1987– ), private secretary to
Pope John Paul II .
27 September –
Barry Cogan ,
Fianna Fáil
TD and
Senator .
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 of
Superquinn , independent member of
Seanad Éireann (died 2019).
12 December –
Noel Sheridan , actor, artist, Director
National College of Art and Design (1979–2003).
16 December –
Jim Fitzsimons ,
Fianna Fáil
TD , Cabinet Minister and
MEP .
Full date unknown
Deaths
10 January –
William Kenny , soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1914 near
Ypres , Belgium (born
1880 ).
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 of
Irish traditional music (born
1848 ).
February –
Harry Corley , cricketer (born
1878 ).
20 March –
Justin Huntly McCarthy , politician and author (born
1859 ).
24 March –
Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville ,
Royal Navy
Hydrographic Surveyor , murdered by
Irish Republican Army (born
1863 ).
6 June –
Eamonn Duggan , solicitor, nationalist, member
1st Dáil (Pro Treaty), representing
South Meath , Minister for Home Affairs (1922) (born
1874 ).
14 July –
William Cosgrove , recipient of the
Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1915 at the
Battle of Gallipoli ,
Turkey (born
1888 ).
14 July –
Patrick Hogan ,
Sinn Féin and
Cumann na nGaedheal
TD (born
1891 ).
22 July –
Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet , diplomat and politician (born
1896 ).
29 July –
Frank Gavan Duffy , fourth
Chief Justice of the
High Court of Australia (born
1852 ).
6 August –
Margaretta Eagar , nurse for the four daughters of
Tsar Nicholas II and
Tsarina Alexandra and memoirist (born
1863 ).
8 September –
John Sweetman , politician, a founder of
Sinn Féin and second President of the party in 1908 (born
1844 ).
27 October –
William Morgan Jellett ,
Irish Unionist
MP in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom (born
1857 ).
30 November –
Jimmy Elwood , footballer (born
1901 ).
1 December –
Hugh Kennedy , only Attorney-General of
Southern Ireland , first
Attorney-General of the Irish Free State and first Chief Justice of the
Irish Free State (born
1879 ).
December –
Tommy Wood , soldier in the International Brigades, fatally wounded in
Battle of Lopera (Spanish Civil War) (born c. 1919).
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