In this month: August 1914

From Century Ireland: Mark Duncan on Ireland in August 1914.   1–2 August: Nationalist gunrunning at Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow.   3 August: German declaration of war against France; John Redmond pledges Irish support for any war and suggests that the Irish Volunteers and UVF should take responsibility for defence of Ireland. From History Ireland: The rhetoric of Redmondism,…