Phantom Force—the ‘Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserve’
By D.M. Leeson Between 1920 and 1921, thousands of mostly British ex-servicemen joined the Royal Irish Constabulary to work as militarized police in Ireland, where they soon became known as Black and Tans. Since 2010, a curious misconception has arisen about these British police recruits: that they formed a separate force called the ‘Royal Irish … Read more