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1937 in Ireland
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Events
Sport
Football
Winners: Sligo Rovers
Winners: Waterford 2 - 1 St James' Gate
Gaelic Athletic Association
Winners: Kerry 4-4 v Cavan 1-7 (played at Croke Park , Dublin )
Winners: Tipperary 3-11 v Kilkenny 0-3 (played at FitzGerald Stadium , Killarney )
Golf
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
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
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