August 16

The first Dáil Éireann is dissolved and the second Dáil convenes

August 16, 1921

Court-martial of Terence MacSwiney, Irish Volunteer and Lord Mayor of Cork

August 16, 1920

National Literary Society is founded

August 16, 1892

Charles Stewart Parnell becomes a Freeman of the city of Dublin

August 16, 1882

National Land League of Mayo is founded

August 16, 1879

The Intermediate Education Act grants female students the right to participate in public examinations and to enter into careers and professions

August 16, 1878

An Act is passed which allows for tithe payments to be commuted

August 16, 1832

The Convention Act bans representative bodies set up to campaign for a change in the law, i.e. putative rivals to the parliament

August 16, 1793

Birth of Carolina Oliphant (Lady Nairne), poet and author

August 16, 1766

Treaty of Union between Brittany and France, guaranteeing autonomy for Brittany.

August 16, 1532