A gunfight lasted for four hours, in which an RIC officer, Head Constable William Rowe, was killed and David Kent was seriously wounded.

Eventually, the Kents were forced to surrender, although Richard made a last minute dash for freedom and was fatally wounded.

Thomas Kent was executed by firing squad in Cork on 9 May 1916, the only person outside of Dublin to be shot for his role in the events surrounding Easter Week (Roger Casement was hanged for treason in London).

[2] The analysis of Kent's remains, which had been found in a shallow, quicklime-filled grave, involved the State Pathologist's Office, the National Forensic Coordination Office at the Garda Technical Bureau, Forensic Science Ireland, and scientists from University College Dublin, and the scientific team was led by Dr. Jens Carlsson from the University of California-Davis.

The bridge over the River Blackwater in Fermoy, County Cork, where Thomas Kent was detained following his arrest, was named after him and his brothers in 2016.