All Discussions Tagged 'Executions' - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T02:38:41Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Executions&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Life and Execution of a 'Black and Tan'tag:thewildgeese.irish,2013-06-08:6442157:Topic:250852013-06-08T16:27:49.180ZGerry Reganhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
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<p>A newly published book of historically based fiction explores the circumstances surrounding the execution of the only member of British forces executed for murder during the War of Independence. Author D.J. Kelly was…</p>
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<p>A newly published book of historically based fiction explores the circumstances surrounding the execution of the only member of British forces executed for murder during the War of Independence. Author D.J. Kelly was <a href="http://www.executedtoday.com/2013/06/07/1921-william-mitchell-black-and-tan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ExecutedToday+%28Executed+Today%29" target="_blank"><strong>interviewed by ExecutedToday.com</strong></a>, and presents an interesting perspective on the tyranny of British forces operating within Ireland in those years.</p>
<p>My question to you all then is this: What family stories might you have related to encounters with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1782991867/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=thewildgeeset-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=1782991867&adid=1B0F7P8HPCA95TCA35MV" target="_blank"><strong>the Black and Tans or Auxies</strong></a>?</p>
<p>Here's a story from our archives, BTW, from fellow member Kieron Punch, <a href="http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/evidence-abounds-british-leaders-ok-d-mayhem" target="_self"><strong>about the British government's complicity in fomenting violence</strong></a> against Irish citizenry during the War of Independence.</p>