Ballingarry (Irish: Baile an Gharraí, meaning 'town of the garden')[2] is a village and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Sub-Inspector Trant and 46 other local policemen took refuge from the rebels in a large two-story farmhouse, taking the five young children in the house as hostages.

The initial report to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland stated that a constable fired the first shot at O'Brien, who was attempting to negotiate.

O'Brien had to be dragged out of the line of fire by James Stephens and Terence Bellew MacManus, both of whom were wounded.

At the insistence of Queen Victoria herself,[citation needed] who thought the sentencing too harsh for the crime committed, they were transported to Australia.