lived through these times, and passed down stories about the Black and Tans that would curl your hair. They were convicts turned out in uniform, and had no love what so ever for the Irish, for Religious, Political and Economic reasons.
It's too bad they had to name a good drink the same thing.
Fight the FOCA
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I could go into the story of her being stuck in a shell hole in the rode for hours, with an injured leg, but everyone here would pass it off as B.S.
Fight the FOCA
One of my great, great grandfathers was killed by the B & T's. Got no idea of the context though, or even how any other relatives of mine were affected. I've gotta research my family tree sometime.
Éirinn Go Brách
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I wonder about the state of mind of the B&Ts. Many were veterans of the Great War and had seen horrific things. Why did they volunteer for more violence? Most men who returned home only wanted to live their lives in peace but there'll always be a minority who enjoy war, maybe even revelled in it, or simply couldn't live without it afterwards. It does suggest that mental instability was propbably common and some, perhaps most were sociopaths. Given the fact that war does produce mental basketcases I'm not too surprised at the results.
But let's blame the true perpetrators- the politicians, who thought they cxould intimidate and bludgeon their way through a problem. The same politicians I wager they would have been equally harsh if the victims had been working class English or Scots. The upper classes wanted to make sure we all knew our places.
"Trust me. I know what I'm doing."
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the English have a habit of not being so harsh when its on their on soil
shareEven I, as an Englishman, hate the Black & Tans'
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...
My grandfather fought in the War of Independence and the Civil War
shareMy grandmother's family owned a pub in a nearby town. The Black & Tan's had them roused out of bed at one in the morning, threatened at gunpoint, and accused her father of being an IRA sympathiser. They burnt down the building next to the pub that they also owned.
Lovely people, the Black & Tan's.
I find one aspect of the Black & tan's story very interesting. As you may know, there is a beer drink called a Black & Tan which is made by combining two beers, one dark and one light (such as a porter and a lager). These drinks are consumed around the world, but in Ireland one would NEVER ask for a Black & Tan in a pub. The name is still so hated and reviled that they simply call it a Half & Half.
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