Drumcondra ambush

Drumcondra ambush
Part of Irish War of Independence
Date 21 January 1921 Location Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland 53°22′08″N 6°15′18″W / 53.368810°N 6.254864°W / 53.368810; -6.254864 Result British victory
Belligerents
Irish Republican Army	Royal Irish Constabulary (Auxiliary Division)
Commanders and leaders
Frank Flood (POW)	William Lorraine King (F Company ADRIC) Charles Thomas (I Company ADRIC)[1]
Units involved
Dublin Brigade	F Company ADRIC I Company ADRIC
Strength
8 volunteers	Unknown[2] 1 armoured car
Casualties and losses
1 killed 5 captured	None
class=notpageimage| Location within Ireland

The Drumcondra ambush (Irish: Luíochán Dhroim Conrach) was an attempted ambush carried out the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Drumcondra, a suburb in northern Dublin, during the Irish War of Independence. On 21 January 1921, an IRA active service unit (ASU) initially set up an ambush near the Royal Canal in preparation for a British lorry which was travelling through the area. When the lorry failed to arrive, Frank Flood, the unit's commander, relocated his men up to a new position along the Tolka river. However, the IRA unit was spotted as they were setting up their new positions and a force of Auxiliaries was sent out, which resulted in 1 volunteer being killed and 5 others being arrested as they were attempting to escape.

Flood, Thomas Bryan, Patrick Doyle, Bernard Ryan, were sentenced to death and later hanged. The 4 men along with 6 other volunteers who met the same fate would later become known as the Forgotten Ten.