Murdered mayors of Limerick Limerick’s distinctive contribution to Ireland’s quest for freedom
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LAST SUNDAY marked the centenary of the deaths of Joseph O’Donoghue, Michael O’Callaghan and George Clancy. O’Donoghue was a young member of the IRA; O’Callaghan had just retired as Mayor of Limerick; and Clancy had just been elected Mayor of Limerick. The brutal killing of the three men by British