The Capture of Mallow Barracks
There were about 15 British Army soldiers in the barracks (most had gone to exercise their horses on the outside of town) - there were about 20 in the attacking party with others covering the RIC barracks from the Town Hall. 37 rifles taken and prisoners released (Lynch says 27 rifles, 2 Hotchkiss light machine guns, boxes of ammunition, and other military material taken but does not mention release of prisoners). Sergeant Gibbs of 17th Lancers was killed during attack. Others who took part in the raid included Mallow Battalion IRA Volunteers Richard Willis and John Bolster (who were working in the barracks) and Patrick MacCarthy (QM of Newmarket Battalion).
In retaliation the Crown forces sack the town, burning many buildings including both the large Cleeve creamery and Town Hall. According to O'Donnoghue, they were under the command of officers and Hopkinson says that "ironically" it was the Auxiliaries who moved in to quell the violence by the British Army.