I know the Black& Tans were recruited mainly from the british army but which areas in Ireland as well?

Answer 1

The Black and Tans [otherwise known to the Irish simply as the 'Tans'] were a mixed bag of soldiers, many with criminal records and also former inmates of HM Prisons in UK. Their task was to harry the peace-loving folk of Ireland. The Tans were hated by the Irish and also hated by the Brits.

The last former member of the Tans I met in a pub in London in c1966 - he was a total bastard.

Answer 2

I don't know of any instance where actual members of the B & T's or the Auxiliaries were from Ireland. This seemed to have been an entirely British operation. Sorry.

Answer 3

Recruitment took place amongst ex - soldiers of World War I, who had returned to find unemployment in Britain.

Black& Tans was the Nickname of a special auxiliary force of the Royal Irish Constabulary formed on 2 January 1920 and in action in Ireland March 1920 - December 1921. They were employed by the British government to combat the killing of policemen by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the Terrorist wing of the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein government, during the Anglo - Irish War , or War of Independence (1919 - 21). The name derives from the colours of their improvised khaki and black uniforms, and was also the name of a famous pack of hounds.

The Black and Tans acquired a reputation for violent reprisals against the civilian population after IRA attacks. The peak of Black and Tan retribution is traditionally Bloody Sunday , 1920. On 21 November, after the IRA assassinated 13 men in Dublin, mainly British intelligence officers, the Black and Tans fired on a crowd at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, killing 12 onlookers.

In part the Black and Tans were needed as a back - up law enforcement agency because many Irish police had resigned following the triumph of Sinn Fein in the 1918 general election, their subsequent declaration of Irish independence, and the escalation of war with Britain in 1919. British Liberal prime minister David Lloyd George agreed to the setting up of the Black and Tans in 1920 as, at that time, he still believed Britain could regain control over Ireland.

The Blacks and Tans found it impossible to defeat or control the guerrilla warfare of the IRA, and resorted to reprisal attacks on local citizens for IRA actions, such as the incident at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday. The Blacks and Tans became the hated representatives of the British government in the eyes of the Irish people. Their attacks on innocent people who lived near the scene of IRA actions simply encouraged increased support for the IRA.

The Blacks and Tans proved incapable of defeating the IRA, and they were finally withdrawn from Ireland as part of the Anglo - Irish Treaty signed between Britain and the Irish in London in December 1921.

Answer 4

i would say from Ulster