August 15, 1755Molesworth Phillips, Sailor and Companion of Captain James Cook, Is Born in Swords, Co. Dublin
August 15, 1803Edmund Rice Opens a School for Poor Boys in Waterford - Precursor of the Schools Run by the Christian Brothers
August 15, 1840Foundation Stone for the Monument to Sir Walter Scott Is Laid in Princes Street Gardens.
August 15, 1843Daniel OConnell Holds Meetings for Repeal of the Union, Attended by Hundreds of Thousands, at Trim and the Hill of Tara
August 15, 1919Birth of Benedict Kiely, Novelist, Short Story-Writer and Critic, in Dromore, Co. Down