1932 in Ireland
Arts and literature
Arts and literature
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* 7 March – [Dublin Corporation](/wiki/Dublin_Corporation "Dublin Corporation") demands the return of the [Hugh Lane](/wiki/Hugh_Lane "Hugh Lane") pictures from the [Tate Gallery](/wiki/Tate_Gallery "Tate Gallery") in [London](/wiki/London "London").
* [Austin Clarke](/wiki/Austin_Clarke_%28poet%29 "Austin Clarke (poet)")'s first novel, *The Bright Temptation: a romance*, is prohibited in Ireland by the [Censorship of Publications Board](/wiki/Censorship_of_Publications_Board_%28Ireland%29 "Censorship of Publications Board (Ireland)").
* [Francis Stuart](/wiki/Francis_Stuart "Francis Stuart")'s novels *Pigeon Irish* and *The Coloured Dome* are published.
* [W. B. Yeats](/wiki/W._B._Yeats "W. B. Yeats") leases [Riversdale](/wiki/Riversdale%2C_Rathfarnham "Riversdale, Rathfarnham") house in the Dublin suburb of [Rathfarnham](/wiki/Rathfarnham "Rathfarnham") and publishes *Words for Music Perhaps, and Other Poems*.
* [Seán Ó Faoláin](/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Faol%C3%A1in "Seán Ó Faoláin") publishes his first collection, *Midsummer Night Madness and Other Stories*, in London.
* Nineteen Irish writers led by Yeats and [George Bernard Shaw](/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw "George Bernard Shaw") form an Academy of Irish Letters primarily to oppose the [Censorship of Publications Board](/wiki/Censorship_of_Publications_Board_%28Ireland%29 "Censorship of Publications Board (Ireland)").
* The first [sound film](/wiki/Sound_film "Sound film") made in Ireland, *The Voice of Ireland*, is directed by Col. Victor Haddick.
* [American](/wiki/Americans "Americans") dancer [Adele Astaire](/wiki/Adele_Astaire "Adele Astaire") marries English aristocrat [Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish](/wiki/Lord_Charles_Arthur_Francis_Cavendish "Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish") (9 May) and they settle at [Lismore Castle](/wiki/Lismore_Castle "Lismore Castle"), one of the [Devonshire](/wiki/Duke_of_Devonshire "Duke of Devonshire") family seats.

How did the settlement of Adele Astaire and her husband affect the literary scene?