Editing 1932 in Ireland

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Events from the year '''1932 in Ireland'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General]]:
** [[James McNeill]] (until 1 November 1932)
** [[Domhnall Ua Buachalla]] (from 27 November 1932)
* [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President of the Executive Council]]: 
** [[W. T. Cosgrave]] ([[Cumann na nGaedheal|CnaG]]) (until 9 March 1932)
** [[Éamon de Valera]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 9 March 1932)
* [[Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|Vice-President of the Executive Council]]: 
** [[Ernest Blythe]] ([[Cumann na nGaedheal|CnaG]]) (until 9 March 1932)
** [[Seán T. O'Kelly]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 9 March 1932)
* [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]]:
** [[Ernest Blythe]] ([[Cumann na nGaedheal|CnaG]]) (until 9 March 1932)
** [[Seán MacEntee]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 9 March 1932)
* [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]]: [[Hugh Kennedy (judge)|Hugh Kennedy]]
* [[Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)|Dáil]]:
** [[6th Dáil|6th]] (until 29 January 1932)
** [[7th Dáil|7th]] (from 9 March 1932)
* [[Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)|Seanad]]: [[1931 Seanad]]

==Events==
*6 January – sale of the pro-[[Fianna Fáil]] ''[[Derry Journal]]'' in [[County Donegal|Donegal]] is briefly prohibited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press censorship and emergency rule in Ireland: The ban on the ''Derry Journal'', 1932 & 1940|first=Freya|last=McClements|date=26 August 2005|access-date=2012-08-01|url=http://www4.dcu.ie/communications/FMC_thesis.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729131807/http://www4.dcu.ie/communications/FMC_thesis.pdf|archive-date=29 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*29 January – [[Dáil Éireann]] is dissolved by the [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General]], [[James McNeill]], bringing ten years of [[Cumann na nGaedheal]] rule to an end.
*16 February – [[1932 Irish general election]], results in formation of the first [[Fianna Fáil]] government under [[Éamon de Valera]].
*March – meteorological observatory moved from [[Valentia Island]] to Westwood House near [[Cahirciveen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Valentia Observatory|url=http://www.met.ie/about/valentiaobservatory/|publisher=[[Met Éireann]]|location=Dublin|access-date=2016-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409070521/http://www.met.ie/about/valentiaobservatory/|archive-date=9 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*8 March – members of the new [[Fianna Fáil]] government meet with members of the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] to discuss unemployment, housing, the Oath and other issues.
*9 March – Members of the [[7th Dáil]] assemble.
*10 March – one of the first actions of the new Fianna Fáil government is the release of 23 political prisoners.
*18 March – the new government suspends the Public Safety Act, lifting the prohibition on a number of organisations including the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–69)|Irish Republican Army]]. As a reaction to renewed IRA activity, former [[National Army (Ireland)|National Army]] Commandant Ned Cronin founds the Army Comrades Association, known as the [[Blueshirts]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Mark|last=Tierney|title=Modern Ireland|location=Dublin|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|year=1972|pages=175–182}}</ref>
*31 March – Dublin Corporation is considering removing [[Nelson's Pillar]] from [[O'Connell Street]], [[Dublin]] on the grounds that it is an obstruction to traffic.
*19 May – the Constitution (Removal of Oath) Bill is passed in [[Dáil Éireann]].
*21 May – [[Amelia Earhart]], the first woman to fly solo across the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], lands just outside [[Derry]] having taken 14 hours to cross the ocean.
*9 June – [[Éamon de Valera]] and some members of his government leave for discussions with the [[British Government]] concerning the Ottawa Conference.
*14 June – the first pictures of the atom-splitting apparatus are released. The machine was constructed by Dr. [[John Cockcroft]] and Dr. [[Ernest Walton]] of [[Trinity College Dublin]].
*21 June – ocean liners carrying thousands of pilgrims from the United States, [[Sápmi|Lapland]] and the [[Netherlands]] arrive in Irish ports for the [[Eucharistic Congress]].
*22 June – the 31st International [[Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932)|Eucharistic Congress]] opens in [[St Mary's Pro-Cathedral|Dublin Pro-Cathedral]], the greatest gathering of Church dignitaries that Ireland has ever seen. The "[[Blue Hussars]]", the ceremonial Mounted Escort of the [[Irish Army]], make their first public appearance as a guard of honour for the Papal Legate, [[Lorenzo Lauri|Cardinal Lauri]].
*23 June – 2,000 men attend mass at a High Altar in the [[Phoenix Park]].
*24 June – 200,000 women are addressed by the Archbishop of Edinburgh at mass in the Phoenix Park.
*26 June – almost a million worshippers attend Pontifical Mass in the Phoenix Park in the final ceremony of the Eucharistic Congress.
*30 June – the third [[Tailteann Games (Irish Free State)|Tailteann Games]] open in [[Croke Park]], [[Dublin]]. 
*1 August – at the [[Los Angeles]] [[1932 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], [[Bob Tisdall]] wins the 400-metre hurdles. Another Irishman, Dr. [[Pat O'Callaghan]], wins gold in the hammer-throwing event.
*18 August – Scottish aviator [[Jim Mollison]] takes off from [[Portmarnock]] Strand to become the first pilot to make an East-to-West solo [[transatlantic flight]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Mollison's Atlantic Flight|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1932/1932%20-%200851.html|journal=[[Flight International|Flight]]|volume=24|issue=35|date=26 August 1932|access-date=2012-08-21|pages=795–8}}</ref>
*23 August – [[Cumann na nGaedheal]] leader [[W. T. Cosgrave]] criticises [[Fianna Fáil]]'s policy of retaining the land annuities.
*26 September – [[Éamon de Valera]] gives his inaugural speech as President of the [[League of Nations]]. He criticises complacent resolutions where the demand is for effective action.
*9 October – at a [[Cumann na nGaedheal]] meeting in [[County Limerick]] batons are drawn and shots are fired as [[General]] [[Richard Mulcahy]] tries to address the crowd.
*19 October – unemployed Dubliners march through the streets of [[Dublin]] to [[Leinster House]] where they hand in a petition to [[Seán T. O'Kelly]].
*October – [[Anglo-Irish Trade War]] begins.
*16 November – the [[Edward VIII|Prince of Wales]] travels to [[Belfast]] for the first time to open the new parliament building at [[Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)|Stormont]].
*22 November – the new Northern Ireland Parliament building at [[Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)|Stormont]] is officially opened.
*26 November – [[Domhnall Ua Buachalla]] succeeds [[James McNeill]] as [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State]].

==Arts and literature==
*7 March – [[Dublin Corporation]] demands the return of the [[Hugh Lane]] pictures from the [[Tate Gallery]] in [[London]].
*22 March – ''[[Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)|Tarzan the Ape Man]]'' premieres in New Yord City, first of the classic film series co-starring [[Maureen O'Sullivan]].
* [[Austin Clarke (poet)|Austin Clarke]]'s first novel, ''The Bright Temptation: a romance'', is prohibited in Ireland by the [[Censorship of Publications Board (Ireland)|Censorship of Publications Board]].
* [[Francis Stuart]]'s novels ''Pigeon Irish'' and ''The Coloured Dome'' are published.
* [[W. B. Yeats]] leases [[Riversdale, Rathfarnham|Riversdale]] house in the Dublin suburb of [[Rathfarnham]] and publishes ''Words for Music Perhaps, and Other Poems''.<ref name=cocel>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}</ref>
* [[Seán Ó Faoláin]] publishes his first collection, ''Midsummer Night Madness and Other Stories'', in London.
* Nineteen Irish writers led by Yeats and [[George Bernard Shaw]] form an Academy of Irish Letters primarily to oppose the [[Censorship of Publications Board (Ireland)|Censorship of Publications Board]].<ref>{{cite journal|title='The best banned in the land': censorship and Irish writing since 1950|first=Donal|last=O Drisceoil|journal=Yearbook of English Studies|year=2005|volume=35 |pages=146–160 |doi=10.1353/yes.2005.0042 |s2cid=159880279 |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/yes.2005.0042|access-date=2012-03-21|hdl=10468/733|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
* The first [[sound film]] made in Ireland, ''The Voice of Ireland'', is directed by Col. Victor Haddick.<ref>{{cite book|first=Patrick|last=Robinson|title=Film Facts|location=Wigston|publisher=Quantum Books|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84573-235-6|page=12}}</ref>
* [[Americans|American]] dancer [[Adele Astaire]] marries English aristocrat [[Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish]] (9 May) and they settle at [[Lismore Castle]], one of the [[Duke of Devonshire|Devonshire]] family seats.

==Sport==

===Football===
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*;[[League of Ireland]]
*:Winners: [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]
*;[[FAI Cup]]
*:Winners: [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] 1 – 0 [[Dolphin F.C. (Dublin)|Dolphins]]

===Golf===
*[[Irish Open (golf)|Irish Open]] is won by [[Alf Padgham]] (England).

==Births==
*29 January – [[Bernard Cowen]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] and Minister of State (died 1984).
*31 January – [[Pete St. John]], born Peter Mooney, folk singer-songwriter (died 2022).
*8 February – [[Raymond James Boland]], Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph]] (died 2014).
*28 February – [[Noel Cantwell]], international soccer player (died 2005).
*7 March – [[Johnny McGovern]], [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] hurler (died 2022).
*10 March – [[Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins]], [[Fine Gael]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (died 2022).
*29 March – [[Richard Burke (Irish politician)|Richard Burke]], Fine Gael politician and European Commissioner (died 2016).
*1 June – [[Michael Lipper]], [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] politician and [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (died 1987).
*5 June
**[[Christy Brown]], author, painter and poet (died 1981).
**[[Ronnie Dawson (rugby union)|Ronnie Dawson]], rugby union.
*12 June – [[Alfred Cooper (Irish cricketer)|Alfred Cooper]], cricketer.
*7 July – [[Eileen Lemass]], [[Fianna Fáil]] TD and MEP.
*20 July – [[Ronan Keane]], Chief Justice of Ireland.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Keane, Ronan, (born 20 July 1932), Chief Justice of Ireland, 2000–04 |journal=Who's Who |date=1 December 2007 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U22683}}</ref>
*2 August – [[Peter O'Toole]], actor (died 2013).
*14 August – [[Denis Faul]], monsignor, Northern Ireland civil rights activist, chaplain to prisoners in [[Maze Prison]] during [[1981 Irish Hunger Strike]] (died 2006).
*21 August – [[Gene Fitzgerald]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] and MEP (died 2007).
*26 August – [[Dermot Curtis]], soccer player.
*3 November – [[Albert Reynolds]], [[Taoiseach]] and leader of [[Fianna Fáil]] (died 2014).
*15 December – [[Edna O'Brien]], novelist.
*29 December – [[Eileen Desmond]], [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], Cabinet Minister, MEP and [[Seanad Éireann]] member (died 2005).
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*:*[[Barney Eastwood]], boxing promoter (died 2020).
*:*[[Anne Madden (artist)|Anne Madden]], painter (born in London).
*:*[[Breandán Ó Madagáin]], scholar and writer on traditional Irish song (died 2020).

==Deaths==
*1 January – [[J. J. Clancy (Sinn Féin politician)|J. J. Clancy]], [[Sinn Féin]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], member of [[1st Dáil]] (b. c1891).
*1 January – [[Margaret Pearse]], [[Fianna Fáil]] politician, mother of [[Patrick Pearse]] and [[Willie Pearse]] (born [[1857 in Ireland|1857]]).
*17 January – [[Louis Brennan]], inventor (born [[1852 in Ireland|1852]]).
*8 February – [[Mad Dog Coll]], mob hitman in [[New York City|New York]] (born 1908).
*26 February – [[Robert Donovan (cricketer)|Robert Donovan]], cricketer (born [[1899 in Ireland|1899]]).
*4 March – [[James Henry Reynolds]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for gallantry in 1879 at [[Rorke's Drift]], South Africa (born [[1844 in Ireland|1844]]).
*11 March – [[Thomas Hunter (Irish politician)|Thomas Hunter]], member of [[1st Dáil]] representing [[Cork North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Cork North East]] (born [[1883 in Ireland|1883]]).
*13 March – [[John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson]], politician and judge, [[Attorney-General for Ireland]] and Law Lord (born [[1844 in Ireland|1844]]).
*26 March – [[Horace Plunkett]], politician, agricultural reformer and writer (born [[1854 in Ireland|1854]]).
*22 May – [[Augusta, Lady Gregory]], dramatist and folklorist (born [[1852 in Ireland|1852]]).
*12 June – [[Catherine Coll]], mother of [[Éamon de Valera]] (born [[1858 in Ireland|1858]]).
*27 June – [[Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken]], civil servant, [[Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India]] (born [[1847 in Ireland|1847]]).
*14 October – [[Katherine Plunket]], botanical artist and oldest ever person both born and died in Ireland ever (born [[1820 in Ireland|1820]]).

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