Wilf, come off it..you're living in Ireland do a bit of research before you spout that shite...the IRA numbered around 15,000 volunteers....with 3,000 rifles..a few shotguns and pistols....plenty of hurls, sticks and stones.....now Paddies are stupid, but we ain't total dummies.....internment...scorched earth...divide and conquer....vastly superior numbers...colonial super power with superior forces and arms...and you want a friendly battle in a field....
The Flying Columns who numbered around 2,000 were on the run full time.....they faced the Black and Tans and the British army many tim