In 1922, Limerick moved from treaty hopes into civil war division. The Anglo-Irish Treaty created fierce arguments over allegiance, sovereignty and the new Free State, splitting neighbours, families and former comrades. Across city and county, barracks, roads, railways, newspapers and public buildings carried the strain of conflict. The Shannon, quays, markets, churches, schools and workshops still anchored daily life, but fear returned in new Irish forms. Families faced unemployment, prices, grief, arrests and uncertainty. Limerick in 1922 was wounded, conflicted and resilient, trying to understand freedom while enduring the bitterness of a revolution turned inward and sorrowfully divided.
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Painter Born
Read Article: Painter BornMaurice Joseph MacGonigal was born in Ranelagh, Dublin, on 22 January 1900, the only son and third child of Francis MacGonigal and Caroline Lane. His father was a painter and decorator from County Sligo, while his mother belonged to a family already connected with Irish craftsmanship and art. Growing up within that environment exposed him…