(Credit: County Wexford in the Rare Oul Times, Vol IV.)
On Monday night the 11th of April 1921 a ford motor car and lorry belonging to the military were burned by the IRA in Wexford town. The vehicles were parked at the town’s South Station, near the military barracks. A group of the ‘Devons’ proceeded to put out the flames and the newspapers described how there was considerable military activity on the station premises afterwards, with staff and civilians both held up.
The South Wexford brigade activity reports state four men were responsible for the operation.
Sources
Enniscorthy Guardian, 15th April 1921, p4
South Wexford Brigade Activity reports
Documenting and Recording Wexfords War of Independence 1919-1921 