#096 The Limerick Soviet

The week I am delighted to welcome Cian Prendiville to the show to talk about the Limerick Soviet of 1917. Cian is a former Solidarity Councillor in Limerick city, currently a member of the Irish Socialist Party, and is the producer of the new podcast all about the Limerick Soviet ‘Bottom Dog’.

You can find the podcast here: http://limericksoviet.ie/

And you can follow Cian here: https://twitter.com/cianplk

Comments (2)

Jake Palmer · April 25, 2019

I'm guessing they already had some things set up beforehand, to be able to just declare a soviet and then sustain themselves for a bit?

From Alpha To Omega · April 25, 2019

Well it was the middle of a war of independence, so there was a lot of organisational manpower already being deployed against the british across the region. The ITGWU were pretty radical at the time