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Originally Posted by GypoDec
i refer to the true Irish Republican Army back home in Derry who fought for their homes and livliehoods when the Black and Tans converged on them.
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My Father was in the army before WW2 and he told me that the black & tans were made up mainly from home grown Irish-men and a sprinkling of ex WW1 soldiers & that their behaviour and the way they treated their fellow Irish men was despised by both the Irish people & the British troops who would have nothing to do with them.
How true that is I don't know, as it's only second hand information.
As this episode in History was somewhere around 1920-21ish I do not see how it should be brought up as an argument for what the IRA did from the late 60's until what now unfortunately seems to be happening again.
P.S. I'm not being prejudice I happened to marry an Irish Girl and we lived happily for 5 years, admittedly we were actually married 35 years but the happy five have been since she left me!
