 The Irish Volunteers arranged their own Howth gun-running in July 1914, transporting the guns on a private yacht and unloading in daylight at the harbour, in front of a crowd.The Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP), aided by troops of the 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers, tried unsuccessfully to confiscate the weapons.On their return to their barracks in Dublin, some troops baited by a hostile crowd, killed three people and wounded 38.