One of the least known but most important gunrunning operations in Irish history took place in Kilcoole, County Wicklow on 1 August 1914. It arose from an initiative taken in early 1914 by Michael, The O'Rahilly, Director of Arms of the recently formed Irish Volunteers, in conjunction with Erskine Childers, Sir Roger Casement and other prominent nationalists. Free article

Mary Spring Rice's diary from Wednesday 1 July to Sunday 26 July 1914 Free article

From 'War by the Irish', by John McCann Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 25 newspaper, first published 25th July 1914. Free article

By Corporal ‘Willie Nelson’ [Pádraig Ó Riain]. First published in Nodlaig na bhFiann, December 1914 Free article

The first in a series of short documentaries by An Phoblacht 'Roads To Revolution 1916 - The Landing of the Asgard' Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 22 newspaper, first published 4th July 1914. Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 22 newspaper, first published 4th July 1914. Free article

SUMMER 1914: Ireland was like an armed camp but the largest military body in the country, the Irish Volunteers, were mostly unarmed. The country was occupied by the British Army and the Royal Irish Constabulary, both heavily armed with modern weaponry. The unionist Ulster Volunteer Force was equipped with 35,000 new rifles and three million rounds of ammunition brought into Larne, County Antrim, on the night of 24 April. Premium service article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 20 newspaper, first published 20th June 1914. Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 20 newspaper, first published 20th June 1914. Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 19 newspaper, first published 13th June 1914. Free article

Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 18 newspaper, first published 6th June 1914. Now online. Free article

THE GROWTH of the Irish Volunteers from their founding in November 1913 up to the summer of 1914 was phenomenal. Tens of thousands of men enrolled and the founding of Cumann na mBan in April 1914 brought thousands of women into the movement. Premium service article

Book Reviews: Dorothy Stopford Price: Rebel Doctor and Memoirs of an Old Warrior – Jamie Moynihan’s Fight for Irish Freedom, 1916-1923 Premium service article