sentences:  A victory for the Irish volunteers, who defeated a superior number of RIC at the crossroads of Ballyannan on the Friday of Easter Week.Coming from the south in a reserve position from behind a hedgerow, his men were fired on by their own 1st section by mistake.But many of the police lay dead in the ditches, and other surrendered, thanks to timely planning and courageous leadership from Mulcahy and Ashe, respectively.