# Black and Tans

> Largely unemployed British recruits used to support the Royal Irish Constabulary beginning in 1920

**Wikidata**: [Q880656](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880656)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/black-and-tans


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013