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Black and Tan
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Black and Tan

Member of a British auxiliary force employed in Ireland against the republicans (1920–21). When Irish nationalist agitation intensified after World War I, many Irish police resigned and were replaced by these temporary English recruits, who dressed in a mixed “black and tan” outfit because of a shortage of uniforms. In their efforts to thwart the terrorism of the Irish Republican Army, the Black and Tans themselves engaged in brutal reprisals.



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Also in the catalogue is an original 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic and a Webley revolver taken from the Black and Tans during the 1920 Rineen Ambush by the IRA.
Even so, the new dogs were also called Black and Tans until the Manchester Terrier Club finally formed in the 1920s, changing the breed name to Manchester terrier.
The name of the Volunteers, as commonly known at the time, were The Black and Tans.
 
 
 
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