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RTE Radio 1 Documentary - the Limerick Soviet

Jolly Red Giant · 2012-08-30 19:37:41

RTE have made available as a podcast an interesting and informative documentary from 1974 on the Limerick Soviet. What I found most interesting was the valuable comment from participants and their relatives on their role at the time. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-limerick-soviet-workers.html The…

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Jolly Red Giant

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RTE have made available as a podcast an interesting and informative documentary from 1974 on the Limerick Soviet. What I found most interesting was the valuable comment from participants and their relatives on their role at the time.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-limerick-soviet-workers.html

The documentary does contain some inaccuracies, primarily from Jim Kemmy's flawed analysis of the evidence (in reality his lack of sufficient research) - but this does not detract from the benefit to those interested in this period. It is part of a growing body of historiography that is emerging on the real influence and impact of the labour movement during this period of Irish history.

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