The Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries were part of the British crown forces in Ireland (which also included the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) and the Ulster ...
OH, come out you black and tans/ Come out and fight us like a man/ Show your wives how you won medals down in Flanders/ Tell them how the IRA made you run like hell away/ From the green and lovely ...
As there was so many killings on both sides in the ensuing period, it is believed all kidnappings and deaths of Black and Tans may not have been made public and a body could have been taken away ...
Of that period it was perhaps Con Dee who was best known – for his daring escape from the Black and Tans atrocity in Knockanure in which his comrades Jeremiah Lyons, Patrick Dalton and Patrick ...
England were pictured in their Euro 2024 threads ahead of the tournament in Germany – with many Irish observers pointing out the rather unfortunate “black and tan” colour scheme of the attire.
Photo by Domnick Walsh Two brothers executed by the Black and Tans in little more than 24 hours of each other. Bereft parents who would never fully recover. And a younger brother who witnessed the ...