Blackwatch Tartan

[macwilkin]

Because members of the Black Watch have been part of the occupation of Northern Ireland. Not all of them have acted admirably.

Bob,

Some of this is due to the confusion between the Black Watch and the Black and Tans, a auxillary police force of the Royal Irish Constabulary, that was known for committing atrocities during the Anglo-Irish War (1919-1922). The Black and Tans, so named because they wore a mixture of British Army and RIC uniforms (and resembled the colours of a popular hunting hound) were not part of the British Army, although many were First World War veterans who were unemployed in the depression in the UK after the war.

Regards,

Todd