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A group of Black and Tans and Auxiliaries outside the London and North Western Hotel in Dublin following an IRA attack, April 1921 "Come Out, Ye Black and Tans" is an Irish rebel song, written by Dominic Behan, which criticises and satirises pro-British Irishmen and the actions of the British army in its colonial wars.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) aimed to establish a united Ireland and end the British administration of Northern Ireland through the use of force. The organisation was the result of a 1969 split in the Irish Republican Army; [3] the other group, the Official IRA, ceased paramilitary activity in the 1970s.
The Hulme brothers were both jailed for 20 years; Maguire, who the judge said played "a major part in the bombing conspiracy", was sentenced to 22 years; McCormack, who the judge said had played the most serious part of the five, also received 22 years; and Hannan, who was 17 at the time of the incidents, was given 16 years' detention.
8 March - 1973 Old Bailey bombing - The Provisional IRA conducted their first operations in England exploding two car bombs in the center of London. One bomb exploded outside the Old Bailey Courthouse, injuring 180 people and one man later died from a heart attack, the bomb exploded near Whitehall injuring about 30 other people, bringing the total injured for the day to over 200.
The timing and location of the bombing (10:39 PM on a Saturday night outside a busy nightclub) were likely chosen to maximize damage to the public. It was the final bombing of the Troubles in Great Britain. The attack came during a tense period of the Northern Ireland peace process. [3] An Audi Coupé similar to the one carrying the bomb
The IRA vehicles were escorted by scout cars, to alert about the presence of security checkpoints ahead. [ 39 ] Two different sources include in the campaign two incidents that happened outside South Armagh; one in Belcoo , County Fermanagh , where a constable was killed, [ 41 ] the other in West Belfast , which resulted in the death of a ...
The Song Includes the original war cry of the Belfast Brigade, "No surrender! Is the war cry of the Belfast Brigade." In some versions of the song, there is an allusion to the politics of the Irish Civil War of 1922-1923, 'We're out for our Republic and to hell with your Free State '.