North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

From Anschluss to our house

Metaphorically waving a peace of paper and declaring peace in our time, the mayor was unaware that, across the border, a small grumpy man with a moustache was amassing his troops and plotting...

I knew it was a mistake to put Willie O Dea in charge of the army...

Limerick is in danger of losing it's status as a city if the population falls below 50,000 (the current population is 52,000 and falling). It doesn't help that a large number of its citizens can hitch their homes to the back of a Hiace and head off at a moment's notice. The solution - annex, sorry, extend the city boundary into Clare, where the fertility of the women is legendary (o.k., where many Limerick people have moved to because the houses are cheaper).

The Mayor of Limerick does see one drawback, admitting that "some very negative response of a threatening nature from the Clare area" had been received. And I don't think he meant strongly worded letters. Is this just a desperate attempt by Limerick to finally win a hurling championship by slowly taking over Clare? Would it really matter if Limerick was downgraded to a town (they'd do more moaning than Cork for a start, an appalling vista in itself). If this becomes an election issue, then Clare, Tipperary and Cork better watch out - Commander O Dea doesn't like defeat. And would it be so bad if half of Munster spoke with a Limerick city accent...?

Posted by Monasette at November 11, 2004 11:26 PM