Page "Bloody Sunday (1920)" Paragraph 21

The Times which during the war was a pro-Unionist publication, ridiculed Dublin Castle's version of events, as did a British Labour Party delegation visiting Ireland at the time.

The British Brigadier Frank Crozier, technically in command that day, later resigned over what he believed was the official condoning of the unjustified actions of the Auxiliaries in Croke Park.

One of his officers told him that, " Black and Tans fired into the crowd without any provocation whatsoever ".