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Black and TanMember 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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More often than not, cultural and new-historical opinion has found Spenser writing a blueprint for an Irish Holocaust; a direct line supposedly runs from the Black and Tans back to the tailor's son turned big landowner and colonial enforcer. De Valera started a civil war in which more Irishmen killed each other than the notorious British Black and Tans had ever managed to kill. 95 and both black and tans or Irish stout available. |
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