The Piltown Cross ambush, an action of the Irish War of Independence, took place near Kinsalebeg County Waterford

County Waterford

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 on the night of 2 November 1920.

Involved was the IRA West Waterford Brigade, specifically the newly formed Flying Column as well as Volunteers from the local Ardmore

Ardmore

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 battalion. An attack was made on the RIC

RIC

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 barracks in Ardmore and the British garrison in Youghal

Youghal

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despatched nearly twenty troops in a single lorry. They were ambushed at Kinsalebeg and suffered two dead and six wounded. The ambush resulted in the capture of several rifles and a large quantity of ammunition which were used to equip the flying column.

Sources

Gunfire and Civil War Sean and Sile Murphy Clonmel 2005

Rebel Heart: George Lennon: Flying Column Commander Mercier 2009, ISBN 1856356493