Working class heroes

THE Moyross area of Limerick has the sort of reputation places like Beruit would like to shed.

Like any such handle, it has largely been instilled by people who don't live there. Indeed, for a stranger to the area, it is easy to see why it might be described as a place best avoided after dark.

Essentially a collection of old and new council estates, the area is a curious mixture of houses burnt out and boarded up and those which are brightly decorated and bedecked with satellite dishes. Piebald ponies, rangy dogs and burnt out cars are part of the landscape and, to some eyes, they tell a very specific story.