 The Four Courts surrendered after two days bombardment, however Lemass escaped with Ernie O'Malley and some others to Blessington.Their Flying Column operated in Enniscorthy, Tullow, Ferns, Baltinglass and Borris before the Column was broken up.Lemass and O'Malley returned to Dublin along with Thomas Derrig as a member of the IRA Eastern Command Headquarters but was later captured in December 1922 and interned again.