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The Time of the Tans - An Oral History of the War of Independence in County Clare (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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The Time of the Tans - An Oral History of the War of Independence in County Clare (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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'The Black and Tans [raises voice] raided my aunt's house where my
mother was in bed at three o'clock in the morning ... I was due to
be born three days later ... she got a stroke of paralysis and lost
the power of all her left side. So I never saw my mother walk ...
she could get around with the aid of a chair.' Stories of the Black
and Tans have been told across Ireland since the force was first
released into the country in March 1920. Casting a dark and
lingering shadow, they remain an evocative and emotive category of
memory. For people who lived through it and those who inherited
associated stories, the Black and Tans were the embodiment of
British repression, violence and malevolence. The Irish War of
Independence is a landmark in the chronology of Irish history and
profoundly affected all areas of life. Much of that experience was
never recorded. Based on Tomas Mac Conmara's almost two decades of
oral history recordings, selected from over 400 interviews, as well
as access to multiple private family collections, The Time of the
Tans illuminates the stories of a period that has dominated the
historical consciousness of Ireland. From direct testimony of
105-year-old Margaret Hoey, to the inherited tradition of Flan
O'Brien, who was born in 1927, the stories pulsate with an
intensity of emotion. The majority of interviewees who were
recorded for this research have sadly since passed away. Now, their
memories which have been preserved for posterity, breathe new life
into an enduringly important period in modern Irish history.
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