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Natalie Wynn
The Limerick Boycott of 1904
Limerick in 1904 – was it a boycott or pogrom? Why is the memory of Limerick 1904 so controversial? What is its place in Irish Jewish history?
Natalie Wynn is a Research Associate of the Herzog Centre for Jewish and Near Eastern Religions and Culture, Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on Jewish history, identity and experience from the late nineteenth century to the present day, and she has written and presented widely on related topics.
The Limerick Boycott, initiated in January 1904 by the Redemptorist priest, Father John Creagh, is one of the best-known yet least-understood episodes in Irish Jewish history. This talk will examine the events surrounding the Boycott and the ways in which its memory has evolved over the past 120
years. Is it correct to understand the events of Limerick 1904 as a pogrom? If so, how does this fit into the typical representation of Irish Jewish history as one of exceptional Irish tolerance and mutual Irish-Jewish affinity?
