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1. Jew-baiting in Limerick, Limerick Chronicle 24/4/1884 jew001 (1,215 Kb)

2. Editorial comment re assault on Jews, Limerick Chronicle 3/5/1884 jew002 (1,288 Kb)

3. Alleged assault on Jews, Limerick Chronicle 23/8/1892 jew003 (1,193 Kb)

4. Fr. Creagh’s statement : startling revelations to be made, Limerick Leader 6/1/1904, p3 jew004 (1,087 Kb)

5. Death of Mrs. Creagh, Limerick Chronicle 7/1/1904, p4 jew005 (1,124 Kb)

6. Strange nuptial rites : ‘Stroller’ at a Jewish wedding, Limerick Chronicle 9/1/1904 jew006 (2,013 Kb)

7. A plea and its answering protest [letter to Michael Davitt by E. B. Levin and reply from Davitt], Limerick Chronicle 19/1/1904  jew007 (4,070 Kb)      

8. The Jews : a reply to Mr. Davitt : Rev. J. Creagh and the ‘Freeman’s Journal’ letter, Limerick Leader 20/1/1904 jew008 (8,784 Kb)

9. The Jews : to-day’s prosecutions : proceedings in court, Limerick Leader 22/1/1904 jew009 (4,175 Kb)

10. Editorial in ‘The United Irishman’ by Arthur Griffith, 23^rd January 1904, re-printed in Limerick Leader 2/5/1970, p10 jew055 (416 Kb)

11. Editorial comment, Limerick Chronicle 4/2/1904 jew010 (1,794 Kb)

12. City prosecution : boy sent to jail, Limerick Leader 15/4/1904, p3 jew011 (682 Kb)

13. The Jews : Protestant Bishop of Limerick on the situation & letter from Rabbi E. B. Levin, Limerick Leader 18/4/1904, p3 jew012 (2,794 Kb)

14. The Jews : Corporation to meet : Requisition by the mayor : Young Rahilly’s sentence, etc., Limerick Leader 20/4/1904, p4 jew013 (4,569 Kb)

15. The Jews : a remarkable letter : methods in England, Limerick Leader 22/4/1904, p3 jew014 (1,124 Kb)

16. ‘The new terror’ : letter from ‘An English Protestant’ & To stop the agitation – the Rabbi’s opinion,  Limerick Leader 22/4/1904, p3 jew015 (1,335 Kb)

17. The Jews in Limerick : young Rahilly’s imprisonment, etc., Limerick Leader 22/4/1904, p4 jew016 (2,983 Kb)

18. The Jewish question : the tea trade question : further English opinion, etc., Limerick Leader 27/4/1904, p3 jew017 (1,266 Kb)

19. The Jews : A British League and Fr. Creagh : A German view, Limerick Leader 2/5/1904, p3 jew018 (1,222 Kb)

20. Anti-Semitic feeling : Judge Adams’ good advice, Limerick Chronicle 3/5/1904 jew019 (1,160 Kb)

21. The Jews : further London opinion : letter to Fr. Creagh, Limerick Leader 6/5/1904, p3 jew020 (1,233 Kb)

22. The Jewish trouble : release of the boy Raleigh : his reception in Limerick, Limerick Leader 13/5/1904, p3 jew021 (1,032 Kb)

23. Limerick Hebrew Board of Guardians, Limerick Chronicle 9/6/1914 jew022 (520 Kb)

24. Mayor’s tribute – late Father Creagh, C.SS.R. [no ref. to 1904 events], Limerick Leader  21/2/1947 jew023 (1,115 Kb)

25. Mayor [Steve Coughlan] causes uproar, Limerick Leader 20/4/1970, p1&5 jew024 (1,775 Kb)

26. [Michael] Earls backs the mayor, Limerick Chronicle 21/4/1970, p1& back pg. jew025 (3,094 Kb)

27. Mayor says: I am sorry & ‘Limerick has no room for bigotry’ [Jack Bourke], Limerick Leader 25/4/1970, p1&11 jew026 (2,825 Kb)

28. Editorial comment – Unfair to Limerick, Limerick Leader 25/4/1970 jew027 (898 Kb)

29. Priests clear the air : ‘we do not fear an impartial statement of the facts’, Limerick Leader 27/4/1970, p1&3 jew028 (2,718 Kb)

30. Ad for Riordan’s Travel – What happened in Limerick in 1904 [appears to be playing on recent controversy], Limerick Leader 30/5/1970 jew029 (637 Kb)

31. Chapter, The Jews of Limerick in the 19th century from The Jews of Ireland from the Earliest Times to 1910 by Louis Hyman, 1972 jew030 (2,211 Kb)

32. Rabbi Levin of Colooney Street, by Pat Feeley, Old Limerick Journal no. 2, March 1980 jew031 (3,739 Kb)

33.  ‘Ireland is the only country…’: Joyce and the Jewish dimension by Gerald Y. Goldberg, The Crane Bag, vol. 6, no. 1, 1982 jew032 (5,014 Kb)

34. Anti-Semitism in Limerick and Cork by Fiona Carmody and Margaret Daly, 1984, source unknown jew033 (2,138 Kb)

35. The Jews of Limerick by Des Ryan, Old Limerick Journal no. 17, Winter 1984 jew034 (3,293 Kb)

36. The Jews of Limerick, part two by Des Ryan, Old Limerick Journal no. 18, Winter 1985 jew035 (4,025 Kb)

37. Jewish history & An anti-Jewish demonstration, from Limerick, The Rich Land, Seán Spellissy, 1989, p55 jew036 (1,333 Kb)

38. Millions hear of Jewish 'pogrom', Limerick Leader 18/10/1997, p2 jew056 (118 Kb)

39. Stuart Clein speaks out on city pogrom, Limerick Leader 18/10/1997, p1 & 2 jew057 (794 Kb)

40. 'Pogrom' priest not evil: Redemptorist, Limerick Leader 25/10/1997, p1 & 2 jew058 (880 Kb)

41. Many condemn tv claims of local 'pogrom', Limerick Leader 25/10/1997, p2 jew059 (161 Kb)

42. City historian [Des Ryan] refutes Jewish pogrom claims, Limerick Leader 1/11/1997 jew037 (3,572 Kb)

43. Chapter, The Limerick ‘pogrom’, 1904, Jews in 20th Century Ireland by Dermot Keogh, 1998 jew038 (9,213 Kb)

44. References and notes for item no. 38 jew039 (2,338 Kb)

45. Skeletons in the cupboard [play, ‘Borrowed Robes’, based on events of 1904], interview with author, John Barrett. Irish Times 23/7/1998 jew040 (1,567 Kb)

46. ‘The Jewish question’ – great controversy, Limerick Leader Millennium Supplement, 1/1/2000 jew041 (2,613 Kb)

47. Heartbreak in city hotel & The man for the job [Israeli Ambassador, Mark Sofer], Limerick Leader 25/3/2000, p8 jew042 (2,150 Kb)

48. Joe 85, stars in TV slot on city’s Jews, Limerick Leader 23/9/2000 jew043 (632 Kb)

49. Like mother, like son, from Brendan Halligan column, Limerick Leader 22/9/2001 jew044 (909 Kb)

50. Redemptorist ‘regret’ marks centenary of Jewish pogrom, Limerick Leader 24/1/2003 jew045 (704 Kb)

51. Fathers repent for hurting city Jews, Limerick Leader 29/11/2003, p11 jew046 (2,411 Kb)

52. The lost tribe of Limerick [Brendan Halligan column], Limerick Leader 6/12/2003 jew047 (764 Kb)

53. The Confraternity and the Jews by Fr. Brendan McConvery, from Copiosa, Newsletter of the Irish Redemptorists, December 2003 jew048 (654 Kb)

54. The Limerick pogrom, 1904 by Kevin Haddick Flynn, History Ireland, Summer 2004, pp31-33 jew049 (3,016 Kb)

55. Review by Diarmaid Ferriter of ‘Limerick Boycott 1904’ by Dermot Keogh & Andrew McCarthy, Irish Times 5/3/2008 jew050 (1,847 Kb)

56. Ireland’s questionable ‘pogrom’ by Seán Gannon, Magill, Issue 1, 2008, pp46-47 jew051 (2,316 Kb)

57. Jewish envoy says Limerick pogrom is "over-portrayed", Limerick Leader 6/11/2010, p9 jew052 (1,739 Kb)

58. List of National Archives documents relating to Jews of Limerick jew053 (477 Kb)

59. List of further bibliographical references re Jews of Limerick jew054 (986 Kb)

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