The Outrages 1920-1922: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign

The Outrages discredits any romantic notions about the nobility of the 'Old IRA', while the claim by former prime minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Brookeborough, that the Specials 'by their innate d

Preface 11 11 1920 12 Unrest in Deny - many dead 15 12 Shantonagh barracks bombed 19 12 Police in gun battle as Newtownhamilton barracks burned 21 12 RIC wounded during attack on Crossgar bar