1935 in Ireland

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Events

• 3 January - An Anglo-Irish Coal-Cattle Pact is signed between the governments of Britain and the Irish Free State.
• 20 January - 40 men from the Connemara Gaeltacht travel to County Meath to inspect the area which is to be settled by residents of the Gaeltacht.
• 27 January - Relics and souvenirs of the 1916 Easter Rising arrive at the National Museum.
• 19 February - Workmen unearth a statue of Jesus during excavations for road making in County Clare.
• 3 March - In his Lenten pastoral the Bishop of Galway denounces immodest dress and vulgar films. Membership of Trinity College Dublin is still forbidden for Catholics and membership of the IRA and Communist organizations remain mortal sins.
• 20 March - After 17 days the army intervenes in the bus strike at the request of the Minister for Industry and Commerce by providing lorries for transport.
• 26 March - 72 republicans are arrested and held at the Bridewell Garda Station.
• 1 April - The National Athletics and Cycling Association is suspended from the International Amateur Athletic Federation for refusing to confine its activities to the Free State side of the border.
• 12 April - Eleven families from the Connemara Gaeltacht arrive in County Meath to set up the Rath Cairn Gaeltacht.
• 14 July - 5 people are killed and 70 are injured as a result of sectarian rioting in Belfast.
• 17 July - George William Russell (AE), poet, essayist, artist and economist, dies aged 68.
• 26 October - Lord Edward Carson, the Dublin-born unionist leader and barrister, is buried in Belfast.
• 7 December - This day is a bad day for Irish sport. The Ireland national rugby union team team is beaten by New Zealand and the Irish soccer team is beaten by the Netherlands.
• 16 December - Foynes in County Limerick is chosen to be the European terminal of a tranatlantic air service.

Sport

Football

• League of Ireland

Winners: Dolphins

• FAI Cup

Winners: Bohemians 4 - 3 Dundalk

Golf

• Irish Open is won by Ernest Whitcombe (England).

Births

January to June

• 2 January - Neil Downing, writer.
• 11 January - Colm O'Reilly, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise (1983 - ).
• 16 January - William Walsh, Bishop of Killaloe (1994 - ).
• 9 February - Liam Kavanagh, Labour Party Teachta Dála representing Wicklow, Member of the European Parliament.
• 18 February - Dermot O'Mahoney, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1975–1996).
• 20 February - Bríd Rodgers, former Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA and Minister.
• 21 February - Brian Mullooly, Fianna Fáil politician, twice Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
• 4 March - Don Davern, Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary South 1965–1968. (died 1968)
• 6 March - Ronnie Delany, former Irish athlete.
• 20 March - Dermot FitzGerald, businessman and philanthropist (died 2006).
• 25 April - John Boland, Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia.
• 15 May - Barry Desmond, former Irish Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP.
• 18 June - Jimmy Brohan, Cork hurler.

July to December

• 20 July - Hugh Coveney, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister, yachtsman (died 1998).
• 13 August - Brendan Comiskey, former Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Ferns.
• August - Michael J. Noonan, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister.
• 16 September - Charles McDonald, Fine Gael politician, Cathaoirleach (chair) of Seanad Éireann 1981–1982
• 29 September - Ian Lewis, cricketer (died 2004).
• 16 October - Fred Tiedt, boxer (died 1999).
• 4 December - Noel Peyton, soccer player.
• 8 December - Michael Woods, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North-East and former Cabinet Minister.

Full date unknown

• Pauline Bewick, artist.
• Johnny Byrne, writer and script editor.
• Tim Pat Coogan, historian and broadcaster.
• Eddie Fullerton, Sinn Féin councillor, killed by the Ulster Defence Association (died 1991).
• Tom Murphy, playwright.
• Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, Irish language activist, poet, writer and publisher.
• Bob Quinn, filmmaker, writer and photographer.
• Peter Rice, structural engineer (died 1992).

Deaths

• 23 March - Robert Browne, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Cloyne (born 1844).
• 8 April - Patrick Joseph Sullivan, mayor of Casper, Wyoming and Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming (born 1865).
• 17 July - George William Russell, critic, poet and artist (born 1867).
• 22 July - William Mulholland, water service engineer in Southern California (born 1855).
• 9 August - James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington, businessman and philanthropist (born 1849).
• 15 September - Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet, peer, MP and Seanad member (born 1862).
• 22 October - Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (born 1854).