THE REVOLUTION PAPERS - PART 21
1919
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE POLICE
Dramatic events in Limerick after two constables shot
Newspapers:
- Limerick Leader, 18 April 1919
- Weekly Irish Times, 26 April 1919
- Freeman's Journal,14 May 1919
'The Limerick Soviet' and 'Boycott of the police'
Contents and articles:
Revolution Chronicle
'A city isolated': a boycott of the police, a double shooting and a town thrown into turmoil
'Bolshevik Limerick': workers take over the city
'Driving a wedge between the police and the people': Dáil Éireann instructs the Irish public to ignore the police