See also: 1935 in Ireland, other events of 1936, 1937 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• February 9 - Brian de Valera , the third son of Eamon de Valera dies tragically in a horse-riding accident aged 21.
• March 5 - 500 delegates attend the Fine Gael - United Ireland Party Árd-Feis in Dublin. W.T. Cosgrave is once again nominated as its president.
• April 4 - A dispute between two unions over who makes coffins results in the coffin of an abandoned infant being turned away from Glasnevin Cemetery.
• May 27 - Aer Lingus makes its first flight. The five-seater plane, Iolar, travels from Baldonnell to Bristol.
• May 28 - The Dáil passes a motion abolishing the Senate of the Irish Free State.
• June 20 - The IRA is declared an illegal organisation by the government.
• November 20 - General Eoin O'Duffy leads 600 men to fight for the nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

• March 15 - David Andrews, former Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Chairman of the Irish Red Cross.
• April 19 - Séamus Pattison, Labour Party TD and former Ceann Comhairle.
• May 7 - Tony O'Reilly, former rugby player and businessman.
• June 8 - Michael O'Leary, former leader of the Labour Party, Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister.
• July 9 - Bobby Molloy, former Fianna Fáil/Progressive Democrats TD and Cabinet Minister.
• August 17 - Seamus Mallon, former Deputy-Leader of the Social Democratic & Labour Party and first Deputy-First Minister of Northern Ireland.

Deaths