Limerick
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Morning spills gently over Limerick town,A soft gold light where the River Shannon runs down,Whispering past bridges, calm and wide,Carrying the hush of the turning tide. The sky wears blue like it means to stay,Not a cloud to trouble the tender day,And blossoms wake in quiet delight,Petals catching the newborn light. Along the paths where…
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A while ago, I discovered a Jewish Cemetery in Limerick. It was across from a landmark pub in the city called the The Hurlers Pub. There was a small laneway across from Hurlers leading to the small cemetery. One of the graves was of Simon Gewurz. He was originally from Bratislava in Slovakia and moved…
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At the turn of the twentieth century, Ireland was still under British rule, and Irish political life was dominated by questions of nationalism, land reform, and identity. The Jewish population in Ireland was small—numbering only a few thousand nationwide—and largely composed of immigrants or descendants of immigrants from Eastern Europe, particularly the Russian Empire. Many…
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On February 10, 1993, the University of Limerick Concert Hall hosted an unforgettable night of music history. Four of country music’s greatest legends—Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson—took the stage together as The Highwaymen. This concert was a special event for Irish audiences, allowing them to witness the magic of these iconic artists in…
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Among the many operations planned by Nazi Germany, one of the most ambitious was Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe), Adolf Hitler’s intended invasion of Great Britain in 1940. While it never materialized, the operation remains one of the most intriguing what-if scenarios of the war. Had it succeeded, the course of history might have taken a…
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Mart Duggan (November 10, 1848 – April 9, 1888) was a legendary gunfighter of the American Old West. Though largely forgotten today, he was once one of the most feared lawmen of his time. Author Robert K. DeArment, in his book Deadly Dozen, ranks Duggan as one of the most underrated gunmen of the Old…
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The Limerick Soviet, which existed for a brief period in April 1919, stands as one of the more intriguing yet often overlooked episodes in Irish labor history. It was a striking instance of workers asserting direct control over their city in response to both political and economic pressures, reflecting the global currents of labor militancy…
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First 3 photographs courtesy of Maureen Hennigar
History of Sorts 