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In January 1904, inspired by the sermons of the Redemptorist Fr John Creagh, the Jewish community in Limerick experienced a backlash in the form of violent assaults, economic boycott and social ostracisation.
About the author
Professor Dermot Keogh is Head of History at University College Cork. He is a graduate of UCD and received his PhD from European University Institute, Florence. A member of the Royal Irish Academy and one of the foremost authorities on the history of modern Ireland, his other interests include labour history, Church-State relations and Latin America. His most recent books include De Valera's Irelands, Ireland in the 1950s and Ireland in World War Two. Dr Andrew McCarthy was educated in UCC and the University of Sussex. He completed his PhD on Irish interwar financial history in 1996 and now teaches in the History dept in UCC. His research interests are: twentieth century Irish financial and administrative history; postwar Irish public health; and the economic modernisation of Ireland in the 1960s.
