In January 1920 a small group of young, oddly dressed, British ex-servicemen arrived in Ireland. They had been recruited to reinforce the ranks of the Royal Irish Constabulary and take on the Irish Republican Army. Their strange mix of military and police clothing was the result of a uniform shortage and the bemused Irish people quickly nicknamed them the Black and Tans. Sent to Ireland to restore law and order, they would some become famous throughout the world for their brutality and violence.
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References:
D. M. Leeson - “The Black and Tans”
Paul McMahon - “British Spies & Irish Rebels” - amzn.to/3iDjQ0u
Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon - “Turning Points of the Irish Revolution”
Peter Hart - “The I.R.A at War 1916-1923” - amzn.to/33Asg4q
The Black and Tans and Auxiliaries - www.theirishstory.com/2020/01...
Who were the Black and Tans? - www.historyireland.com/20th-c...
R.I.C and the Black and Tans - www.limerickcity.ie/media/wain...
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Main Sources:
Military Archives - www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie
Century Ireland - www.rte.ie/centuryireland
Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/
Atlas of the Irish Revolution - amzn.to/3npOEFj
Maurice Walsh - “Bitter Freedom” - amzn.to/30Dtutx
Charles Townshend - "The Republic" - amzn.to/33AJ0IC
Michael Hopkinson - ”The Irish War of Independence” - amzn.to/2Sxif1l
Diarmuid Ferriter - “A Nation and not a Rabble” - amzn.to/2SFUiF7
Ronan Fanning - “Fatal Path” - amzn.to/3lmswKq
Richard Abbott - “Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922” - amzn.to/3lmsMJo
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7 авг 2024