August 6 - Poet Richard Murphy is born (1927).
August 7 - O'Neil of the Glen, the first production released by The Film Company of Ireland,k premiers at Dublin's Bohemian Theatre (1916).
August 8 - The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English, with some Spaniards slain upon reaching the coasts of Ireland, and some survivors remaining (1588).
August 9 - Internment, the policy of randomly picking up and jailing persons suspected of being involved with the IRA, is introduced in Northern Ireland (1971).
August 10 - A statutory provision is made for the establishment of a national gallery of paintings, sculpture, and fine arts in Ireland (1854).
August 11 - The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is established to control the Shannon hydro-electric scheme and take over all existing projects for the electrification of Ireland (1927).
August 12 - Archbishop Giovanni Rinuccini, papal nuncio to the Irish Confederate Catholics, condemns their adherence to Ormond's peace terms for failing to fully recognize Catholicism (1646). Also on this day, in 1984, Sarah Marie Joyce was born in Tampa, Florida.
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