1922
Diary 10th July 1922
The days of our triumph are over already. As soon as news reached Dublin that we had the main towns occupied, a Stater Army column was dispatched from there. Down the Wexford road it snaked, a convoy of 22 lorries bearing 230 men and 16 officers, taking Blessington first, then Arklow, then Gorey, then Ferns and, at about three in the afternoon, they advanced on Enniscorthy. They approached the town in two strong lines, one up Nunnery Road, the other up Wafer Street, to converge in Market Square.
Our lads left, took to the fields and to Vinegar Hill, where freedom fighters had hidden in the 1798 rebellion. What else could they do, when the enemy was protected by more artillery and hardware than Ireland had ever seen before? Five armour-plated cars, two Lancias,
