Kevin Barry: The biggest difference between Limerick and Cork

Award-winning novelist and short story writer Kevin Barry is a native of Limerick but spent a formative period living and working in Cork city. He debated their respective personalities with Michael Moynihan

Kevin Barry: Is a bit worried about Sunday’s clash of Limerick and Cork. Picture: David Levenson/Getty Images

Five years ago Kevin Barry wrote the greatest single account of an Irish city you are ever likely to read, a discursive, personal remembrance of a place complete with scones, white cowboy boots, and lamping rabbits.

‘The Raingod’s Green, Dark as Passion’ for Granta magazine is well worth your time - it’s a description of Cork written by a Limerick native, award-winning novelist and short story writer Kevin Barry.