1932 in Ireland
Events from the year 1932 in Ireland .
Incumbents
Events
6 January – sale of the pro-Fianna Fáil Derry Journal Donegal is briefly prohibited.[ 1]
29 January – Dáil Éireann is dissolved by the 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 .[ 2]
8 March – members of the new Fianna Fáil government meet with members of the 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 . As a reaction to renewed IRA activity, former National Army Commandant Ned Cronin founds the Army Comrades Association, known as the Blueshirts .[ 3]
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 , 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, Lapland and the Netherlands arrive in Irish ports for the Eucharistic Congress .
22 June – the 31st International Eucharistic Congress opens in 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, 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 open in Croke Park , Dublin .
1 August – at the Los Angeles 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 .[ 4]
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 Prince of Wales travels to Belfast for the first time to open the new parliament building at Stormont .
22 November – the new Northern Ireland Parliament building at Stormont is officially opened.
26 November – Domhnall Ua Buachalla succeeds James McNeill as Governor-General of the Irish Free State .
Arts and literature
Sport
Golf
Births
29 January – Bernard Cowen , Fianna Fáil 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 hurler (died 2022).
10 March – Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins , Fine Gael TD (died 2022).
29 March – Richard Burke , Fine Gael politician and European Commissioner (died 2016).
1 June – Michael Lipper , Labour Party politician and TD (died 1987).
5 June
12 June – Alfred Cooper , cricketer.
7 July – Eileen Lemass , Fianna Fáil TD and MEP.
20 July – Ronan Keane , Chief Justice of Ireland.[ 8]
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 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 TD , Cabinet Minister, MEP and Seanad Éireann member (died 2005).
Full date unknown
Deaths
1 January – J. J. Clancy , Sinn Féin TD , member of 1st Dáil (b. c1891).
1 January – Margaret Pearse , Fianna Fáil politician, mother of Patrick Pearse and Willie Pearse (born 1857 ).
17 January – Louis Brennan , inventor (born 1852 ).
8 February – Mad Dog Coll , mob hitman in New York (born 1908).
26 February – Robert Donovan , cricketer (born 1899 ).
4 March – James Henry Reynolds , recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Rorke's Drift , South Africa (born 1844 ).
11 March – Thomas Hunter , member of 1st Dáil representing Cork North East (born 1883 ).
13 March – John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson , politician and judge, Attorney-General for Ireland and Law Lord (born 1844 ).
26 March – Horace Plunkett , politician, agricultural reformer and writer (born 1854 ).
22 May – Augusta, Lady Gregory , dramatist and folklorist (born 1852 ).
12 June – Catherine Coll , mother of Éamon de Valera (born 1858 ).
27 June – Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken , civil servant, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India (born 1847 ).
14 October – Katherine Plunket , botanical artist and oldest ever person both born and died in Ireland ever (born 1820 ).
References
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