The Irish Republican Army is established by the Dail Eireann
August 20, 1919
Ronald Ross, the first Scot to win a Nobel prize (in, 1902) dissected a mosquito and established the link with malaria.
August 20, 1897
The Irish Republican Brotherhood Supreme Council withdraws its support from the Home Rule movement
August 20, 1876
An expedition led by Robert OHara Burke, leaves Melbourne with the intention of making the first European crossing of Australia.
August 20, 1860
Birth in Dublin of scientist and Alpine traveller, John Ball
August 20, 1818