History and Popular Memory
The Temporary Cadets of the ADRIC were and are often confused with the Black and Tans: many atrocities laid at the door of the latter were in reality attributable to the Auxiliaries. Disbanded along with the RIC in 1922, many Auxiliaries joined the Palestine Police Force. As with the Black and Tans, they are still a contentious issue in Ireland, though their misdeeds were a godsend to Sinn Féin's Publicity Bureau at the time.
Auxiliaries figure prominently in historical films like Michael Collins, The Last September, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
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