1936 in Ireland

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February 9 - Brian de Valera, the third son of Éamon 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 (again) declared an illegal organisation by the government.
November 20 - General Eoin O'Duffy leads 600 men in his Bandera to fight for Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Some source articles about the Bandera.

February 2 - Tony Ryan, founder Guinness Peat Aviation and Ryanair
February 12 - Monica Barnes, former Fine Gael Teachta Dála
March 3 - Christopher Jones, Bishop of Elphin (1994 - )
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 6 - William Murphy, Bishop of Kerry (1995 - )
June 8 - Michael O'Leary, former leader of the Labour Party, Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister.
June 9 - Mick O'Dwyer, former Gaelic footballer and manager.
July 9 - Bobby Molloy, former Fianna Fáil/Progressive Democrats TD and Cabinet Minister.
August 13 - James Moriarty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (2002 - )
August 17 - Seamus Mallon, former Deputy-Leader of the Social Democratic & Labour Party and first Deputy-First Minister of Northern Ireland.
September 24 - John Magee SPS, Bishop of Cloyne (1987 - ), former private secretary to Pope John Paul II
December 12 - Noel Sheridan, actor, artist, Director National College of Art and Design (1979 - 2003)

June 6 - Edward Duggan, solicitor, member 1st Dáil (Pro Treaty), representing Meath South, Minster for Home Affairs (1922)