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.
A group led by Childers, along with his wife and a small group, made a channel crossing with a shipload of rifles from Germany into Howth harbour near Dublin, in order to supply the Irish Volunteers after the Ulster Volunteers were armed through the Larne gun-running in April.