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#OTD in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
Although they would be operational for less than two years, the ‘Black and Tans’ would become one of the most reviled names in Irish history.
The English recruits to the RIC were mainly the unemployed veterans of World War I. Their principal motivation: employment for ten shillings a day. When the first recruits arrived in Ireland on 25 March 1920, after three months of training, they looked like…
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#OTD in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
#OTD in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
Although they would be operational for less than two years, the ‘Black and Tans’ would become one of the most reviled names in Irish history.
The English recruits to the RIC were mainly the unemployed veterans of World War I. Their principal motivation: employment for ten shillings a day. When the first recruits arrived in Ireland on 25 March 1920, after three months of training, they looked like…
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#auxiliary policemen#Black and Tans#England#History of Ireland#Ireland#Irish History#Irish War of Independence#Lt. Col. Smyth#photo credit: 1916 Easter Revolution in Colour#RIC Barracks
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#OTD in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
#OTD in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
Although they would be operational for less than two years, the ‘Black and Tans’ would become one of the most reviled names in Irish history.
The English recruits to the RIC were mainly the unemployed veterans of World War I. Their principal motivation: employment for ten shillings a day. When the first recruits arrived in Ireland on 25 March 1920, after three months of training, they looked like…
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#auxiliary policemen#Black and Tans#England#History of Ireland#Ireland#Irish History#Irish War of Independence#Lt. Col. Smyth#photo credit: 1916 Easter Revolution in Colour#RIC Barracks
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#OTD in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
Although they would be operational for less than two years, the ‘Black and Tans’ would become one of the most reviled names in Irish history.
The English recruits to the RIC were mainly the unemployed veterans of World War I. Their principal motivation: employment for ten shillings a day. When the first recruits arrived in Ireland on 25 March 1920, after three months of training, they looked like…
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#auxiliary policemen#Black and Tans#England#History of Ireland#Ireland#Irish History#Irish War of Independence#Lt. Col. Smyth#photo credit: 1916 Easter Revolution in Colour#RIC Barracks
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#OTD in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
#OTD in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
Although they would be operational for less than two years, the ‘Black and Tans’ would become one of the most reviled names in Irish history.
The English recruits to the RIC were mainly the unemployed veterans of World War I. Their principal motivation: employment for ten shillings a day. When the first recruits arrived in Ireland on 25 March 1920, after three months of training, they looked like…
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#auxiliary policemen#Black and Tans#England#History of Ireland#Ireland#Irish History#Irish War of Independence#Lt. Col. Smyth#photo credit: 1916 Easter Revolution in Colour#RIC Barracks
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#OnThisDate in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
#OnThisDate in 1920 – The first ‘Black and Tans’ (auxiliary policemen) officially arrived in Ireland.
Although they would be operational for less than two years, the ‘Black and Tans’ would become one of the most reviled names in Irish history.
The English recruits to the RIC were mainly the unemployed veterans of World War I. Their principal motivation: employment for ten shillings a day. When the first recruits arrived in Ireland on 25 March 1920, after three months of training, they looked like…
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#auxiliary policemen#Black and Tans#England#History of Ireland#Ireland#Irish History#Irish War of Independence#Lt. Col. Smyth#photo credit: 1916 Easter Revolution in Colour#RIC Barracks
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