1937 in Ireland - Events

Events

• January 22 - The National Council of Women of Ireland is agitating for the formation of a women's police force.
• April 8 - All political parties and Church leaders gather at the Mansion House, Dublin to pay tribute to the Chief Rabbi, Dr. Herzog, who is leaving to take up the new post of Chief Rabbi of the British Mandate 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 on St Stephen's Green, Dublin, 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 on College Green, Dublin.
• July 1 - Fianna Fáil wins the general election. The plebiscite on the Constitution of Ireland is passed by 56.5% of voters.
• 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 - Kathleen Clarke (widow of Tom Clarke) addresses the Fianna Fáil Ardfheis, telling the party that it is 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 Seal of the President of Ireland is photographed for archive purposes.
• December 11 - The Kelly Line steamer Annagher sinks at Ballymacormick Point with the loss of nine crew and only one survivor.
• December 29 - The Constitution of Ireland comes into force. A 21-gun salute is fired from the Royal Hospital and the national flag flies over all public buildings.