After a month of outrages perpetrated against individuals and families, the five hour siege to attack RIC barracks throughout the county. When it was over three people were dead;

  Sergeant Thomas Kane and Constable Joseph Morton and of the IRA attacking party, Liam Scully. Over 100 IRA men took part in the attack, one of the largest operations of the conflict and were ably supported in the process by the women of Cummann na MBan. Occurring in the early hours of the morning of the 28 May, continuous rifle fire and exploding grenades filled the air for almost five hours. Calling on the policemen to surrender, the IRA at first showed leniency but once they declined to do so, the battle commenced. Learning from the attack on RIC barracks in other counties, including in county Kilkenny, the IRA took positions in neighbouring houses and used this advantage to throw petrol and paraffin bombs down upon the RIC through the roof. The defenders of the barracks, who numbered ten in total, were praised for their valiant defence of the building which they succeeded in holding despite the best efforts of the IRA. No doubt it revived memories in the village of the attack on the barracks during the 1867 Fenian Rising and from which the police force earned the title ‘Royal’. The official number of RIC in the barracks has often been disputed (some suggested that as many as 28 policemen were present), but nonetheless it was seen as a victory for the police on this occasion.     Download Source: Irish Examiner 1841-current, 29.05.1920, page 5   Cork_Examinerpage5