[1] Involved was the IRA West Waterford Brigade, specifically the newly formed Deise Flying Column under Officer Commanding (O/C) George Lennon of Dungarvan, as well as Volunteers from the local Ardmore battalion.
Returned Great War veteran John Riordan planned the successful engagement involving a feint attack on the RIC barracks in Ardmore.
The British garrison in Youghal subsequently dispatched nearly twenty troops from the 2nd Hampshires under Lieutenant Griffin in a single lorry.
[4] The ambush resulted in the capture of 18 Lee-Enfield rifles, two police carbines and a large quantity of ammunition/grenades which were used to equip the flying column.
The IRA captured a substantial amount of much needed arms/ammunition and destroyed enemy vehicles, in what was one of the biggest ambushes of that era in this area.