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The sack of Balbriggan took place on the night of 20 September 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. Auxiliary members of the Royal Irish Constabulary known as " Black and Tans " went on a rampage in the small town of Balbriggan , County Dublin , burning more than fifty homes and businesses, looting, and killing two local men.
The intake of British recruits steadily rose and then surged from late September, following the widely publicised Sack of Balbriggan. [31] This sudden influx of men led to a shortage of RIC uniforms, and the new recruits were issued with a mixture of dark RIC tunics and caps, and khaki army trousers. These uniforms differentiated them from both ...
British forces carried out many similar reprisals on Irish civilians during the war, notably the Sack of Balbriggan three months before and the burning of Knockcroghery six months later, but the burning of Cork was one of the most substantial. The British government at first denied that its forces had started the fires, and only agreed to hold ...
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The Tooreen ambush (also known as the Toureen ambush or Ballinhassig ambush) [1] [3] was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 22 October 1920, during the Irish War of Independence.
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