Tag: Black and Tans

REAL HISTORY ~ THE BLACK AND TANS

‘Let them die there – the more the merrier.  The police and military will patrol the country. They are not to confine themselves to the main roads, but make across the country, lie in ambush and, when civilians are seen approaching, shout ‘Hands up!’ Should the order not be immediately obeyed, shoot and shoot with effect.

I BURIED FATHER’S HEART TONIGHT

Michael’s fervently Republican parents, Patrick Roe and Kathleen, a former Sister of Mercy at a Liverpool convent and nurse were both involved in the Republican movement. By the age of 40, Patrick had fought in four conflicts. Throughout much of the Republic, British Army posters offered a reward for Patrick Roe McLaughlin dead or alive.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Damien (Cillian Murphy) is set to leave his home in rural Ireland to pursue his medical studies in London. His brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney) is the leader of a band of Irish freedom fighters who are resisting the ruthless ‘Black and Tan’ squads that have been sent from England to squelch Ireland’s independence movement.