Border conflict
It is like the scenario in The Simpsons, where the residents of Springfield give the evil eye to those from the neighbouring town Shelbiville.
If you own a public house on the Limerick/Tipperary border, and you have the Oola crowd at one end, and the Cappamore crowd at the other, then you better have the insurance company on speed dial.
It is revealed in the Limerick County Leader this morning that fights between youths from both villages are a regular occurrance, when ever they meet in a public house.
The paper reported one such incident which happened in Oola at Miller’s Pub, Main Street, which happened on November 25th, and which ended up with two women before the courts.
Glass bottles and other missiles were hurled around the bar during the conflagration, and one woman suffered a broken wrist.
The two accused women were cleared of the charge due to lack of corroberative evidence, nonetheless, the fact that this kind of bollox acting over which is the better hamlet is truly shocking. Had they any sense they would set up GAA teams and puck it out on the field of play.
Related story in the Leader.