Forgotten Revolution [The Centenary Edition] The Limerick Soviet 1919

In Limerick, the workers and their representatives take over running the city and their action is declared a ‘Soviet’.  The British authorities see it as a serious threat to their rule in Ireland.  The workers are protesting against a severe military law that requires them to get special passes and be checked going to and from work. The restrictions follow the IRA shooting of a policeman and the wounding of another during the rescue of an ill Republican prisoner from a local hospi