The tournament began on 1 January 1936 and concluded on 19 April with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin.
An official attendance[B] of 30,946 people watched Shamrock Rovers claim their seventh title by defeating Cork.
^ Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.
C. ^ a Fixture abandoned due to encroachment of spectators.
Re-Fixture played on 16 January.