Childers, his wife and a small crew, made the channel crossing with a hold full of rifles from Germany into Howth harbour just north of Dublin, to arm the Irish Volunteers in response to the arming of the Ulster Volunteers by the Larne gun-running in April.
Childers, accompanied by his wife and a small group, made a daring crossing of the channel with a ship carrying rifles from Germany into Howth harbour near Dublin, in an effort to arm the Irish Volunteers in response to the Ulster Volunteers' acquisition of arms through the Larne gun-running in April.