>>510939149 you know Saint Patrick is the patron saint of both Ireland and Nigeria, right? he is the saint of education (green). we follow Saint George, the saint of workers (red). Scotland follows Saint Andrew, the saint of sailors (blue). not everything black or brown involves England, you know.
the Black and Tans were the police, some of them were Irish. the ones who didn't want to be part of the new republic retreated north to Northern Ireland and they agreed to leave it to be, well half of them did. they had another war about it.