Highlighted Events from AugustTue 16 Aug 1921The first Dáil Éireann is dissolved and the second Dáil convenesSat 16 Aug 1766Birth of Carolina Oliphant (Lady Nairne), poet and author of many Jacobite songs, including Charlie is my Darling. Her songs are second only in popularity to Burns.Fri 03 Aug 1460King James II killed by an exploding cannon at the siege of Roxburgh Castle.Thu 30 Aug 1928William Trevor, pseudonym of William Trevor Cox, short-story writer and novelist, is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Corkaugust
