Black and white start to city’s 20-year feud

A photographic exhibition has unexpectedly revealed an image of a Limerick boy whose murder was to set in train the vicious feud which caused death and bloodshed in the city for nearly 20 years.

The picture is one of 100 black and white prints which depict the work of businessman, Gerry Andrews during the period 1971-1980 when he was a keen amateur photographer.

When he put his collection together, he was unaware that his inquisitive lens had focused on Patrick Pa McCarthy, whose poignant story emerged when the pictures went on public view at the Hunt Museum.