Erskine Childers is famed for steering the yacht Asgard into Howth in 1914, delivering 900 German rifles to the Irish Volunteers. Less well known is his work as as aerial observer for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War One, where he served over the North Sea, in Gallipoli, and Palestine. His last wartime role was advising the RAF on a Berlin air raid. An opponent of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, he was executed by the Irish Free State in 1922.
Subscribe for Unlimited Access to Turtle’s History Quarter.
Includes content from Vanishing Ireland, Easter Dawn, Dublin Docklands, The Irish Pub, Maxol and many more, as well as Waterways Ireland, the Past Tracks project and hundreds of historical articles on Irish families, houses, companies and events.
