A chara, – Perhaps the intention of US sportswear giant Nike in naming its new runners “The Black and Tan” for St Patrick’s Day (Brian Boyd, Home News, March 10th) was simply a tribute to the speed at which this hated murderous militia “ran like Hell away” as the ballad about them goes, in fleeing from the likes of Tom Barry, Dan Breen and the IRA Flying Columns who put them on the run in Ireland’s War of Independence. – Is mise,