1937 in Ireland

Events

*January 22 - The National Council of Women of Ireland is agitating to form a women's police force.
*April 8 - All political parties and Church leaders gather at the Mansion House to pay tribute to the Chief Rabbi, Dr. Herzog, who is leaving to take up the new post of Chief Rabbi of Palestine.
*April 14 - The Minister for Finance, Seán MacEntee, delivers his budget. He reduces the costs of butter, sugar and tea.
*April 30 - Éamon de Valera introduces the new Constitution of Ireland. It recognises the institution of marriage and the family, as well as the special position of the Catholic Church.
*May 11 - The Constitution Bill receives its second reading in Dáil Éireann. Éamon de Valera dismisses claims that the Constitution of Ireland provides for a dictatorship.
*May 13 - A bronze statue of King George II in St. Stephen's Green is blown to pieces.
*May 25 - An amendment to the Constitution of Ireland proposing membership of the Commonwealth is rejected.
*June 14 - The Draft Constitution is passed in the Dáil by 62 votes to 48. The Eighth Dáil is also dissolved and a general election is called.
*June 30 - Éamon de Valera winds up an election tour with a huge rally in College Green, Dublin.
*July 5 - Éamon de Valera and Seán Lemass inspect the flying boat "Caledonia" before its survey flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
*August 26 - The Irish Times newspaper publishes its 25,000th edition.
*August 27 - Dublin's first automatic traffic signals come into operation at the junction of Merrion Square and Clare Street.
*October 12 - Mrs. Thomas J. Clarke addresses the Fianna Fáil Árd-Fheis. She tells the party that it's moving away from its original values of republicanism.
*November 10 - The text of a new bill providing a seal of office for the President of Ireland is introduced in Dáil Éireann.
*December 6 - The Official Seal of the President of Ireland is photographed for archive purposes.
*December 11 - The Kelly Line steamer "Annagher" sank at Ballymacormick Point with the loss of 9 crew. There was only one survivor.
*December 29 - The Constitution of Ireland into force. A 21-gun salute is fired from the Royal Hospital and the national flag flies over all public buildings.

port

Football

*League of Ireland::Winners: Sligo Rovers

*FAI Cup::Winners: Waterford 2 - 1 St James' Gate

Gaelic Athletic Association

*All-Ireland Senior Football Championship::Winners: Kerry 4-4 v Cavan 1-7 (played at Croke Park, Dublin)

*All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship::Winners: Tipperary 3-11 v Kilkenny 0-3 (played at FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney)

Golf

*Irish Open is won by Bert Gadd (England).

Births

*4 January - Mick O'Connell, former Kerry Gaelic footballer.
*27 April - Robin Eames, Church of Ireland Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1986 to 2006.
*20 May - Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh, peer and Seanad member (d.1992).
*31 May - Mary O'Rourke, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister.
*3 June - Ray Brady, soccer player.
*13 July - Ollie Walsh, Kilkenny hurler (d.1996).
*19 August - Niall Andrews, Fianna Fáil TD and MEP (d.2006).
*26 September - Sean Fallon, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1992 until his death. (d.1995)
*October - Richard Johnston, President of the Irish High Court.
*15 December - Rodney Bernstein, cricketer.
*25 December - Noel Furlong, businessman and poker player.

Full date unknown

*Ronnie Nolan, soccer player.

Deaths

*31 January - Samuel Edgar, cricketer (b.1913).
*3 February - Thomas Moles, Ulster Unionist MP (b.1871).
*27 February - Charles Donnelly, poet, killed at the Jarama Front, Spanish Civil War (b.1914).
*27 June - Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (b.1902).
*14 July - Thomas Myles, surgeon, Home Ruler, involved in importation of arms for the Irish Volunteers in 1914 (b.1857).
*5 November - Jack McAuliffe, boxer (b.1886).
*23 November - Con Collins, Sinn Féin MP (b.1881).

Full date unknown

*Herbert Hughes, musicologist, composer and critic (b.1882).
*Leonard Greenham Star Molloy, soldier, doctor, M.P. (b.1861).
*Tomás Ó Criomhthain, writer (b.1856).