Black and Tans

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British auxiliary police force paramilitary police force

The Black and Tans were a British paramilitary police force deployed in Ireland during the War of Independence, notorious for their harsh reprisals and brutality against the Irish population.

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Label Occurrences
Black and Tans canonical 14

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British auxiliary police force ⓘ
paramilitary police force ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
alsoKnownAs RIC Special Reserve ⓘ
approximateStrength about 10,000 members ⓘ
associatedWith Auxiliary Division ⓘ
surface form: Auxiliary Division of the RIC
casualtiesInflictedOn Irish Republican Army members ⓘ
Irish civilians ⓘ
commandStructure Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
conflict Irish War of Independence ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedBy British liberals ⓘ
Irish nationalist movement ⓘ
demobilizedAfter Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921
disbandedInYear 1922 ⓘ
formationYear 1920 ⓘ
formedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

Winston Churchill ⓘ
governedBy British administration in Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Dublin Castle administration
language English ⓘ
legacy symbol of British repression in Ireland ⓘ
legalStatus police reserve force ⓘ
memorializedIn Irish folk songs ⓘ
Irish nationalist literature ⓘ
nicknameOrigin resemblance to a black-and-tan hunting pack ⓘ
notableEvent Burning of Cork ⓘ
Sack of Balbriggan ⓘ
notableFor arson and looting ⓘ
civilian atrocities ⓘ
collective punishment ⓘ
harsh reprisals ⓘ
indiscriminate violence ⓘ
operatedIn Connacht ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
Munster ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
operationalPeriodEnd 1922 ⓘ
operationalPeriodStart March 1920 ⓘ
partOf Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
primaryOpponent Irish Republican Army ⓘ
purpose to reinforce the Royal Irish Constabulary ⓘ
to suppress Irish republican activity ⓘ
recruitedFrom British Army veterans ⓘ
World War I veterans ⓘ
role counter-insurgency ⓘ
policing ⓘ
subjectOf historical controversy ⓘ
war crimes allegations ⓘ
trainingLocation Gormanstown Camp ⓘ
uniformFeature mix of British Army khaki and RIC dark green ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish War of Independence → belligerent → Black and Tans ⓘ
Bloody Sunday (1920) → perpetrator → Black and Tans ⓘ
Tan War → mainBelligerent → Black and Tans ⓘ
Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) → opponent → Black and Tans ⓘ
Royal Irish Constabulary → associatedForce → Black and Tans ⓘ
Tom Barry memoir "Guerrilla Days in Ireland" → portrays → Black and Tans ⓘ
subject surface form: Guerrilla Days in Ireland
Croke Park shootings → perpetrator → Black and Tans ⓘ
Auxiliary Division → relatedTo → Black and Tans ⓘ
Auxiliary Division → distinctFrom → Black and Tans ⓘ
Black and Tan War → significantCombatant → Black and Tans ⓘ
Old IRA → opposedBy → Black and Tans ⓘ
RIC Special Reserve → alsoKnownAs → Black and Tans ⓘ
Sack of Balbriggan → perpetrator → Black and Tans ⓘ
Burning of Cork → belligerent → Black and Tans ⓘ