Michael Moynihan: A portrait of a father and a history of Cork’s faded Jewish community

David Goldberg asks who remembers his parents, Gerald and Sheila. In Cork, we never forget our own

David Goldberg holding a photo of his father, Gerald, with Lord Mayor Kieran McCarthy. Picture: Rob Lamb

Former Cork lord mayor Gerald Goldberg has popped up in this column more than once, usually when I recycle one of his best-known putdowns.

(Asked if he had ever encountered prejudice, Goldberg, one of the best-known Jews in Ireland, reputedly said: “Yes, absolutely. It’s well known that in Dublin the knife is always out for the Corkman.”)