Michael Moynihan: A portrait of a father and a history of Cork’s faded Jewish community
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David Goldberg holding a photo of his father, Gerald, with Lord Mayor Kieran McCarthy.
![Lord Mayor of Cork Gerald Goldberg in 1977. Lord Mayor of Cork Gerald Goldberg in 1977.](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7674/3837052_11_articleinline_1394081.jpg)
Take the story, well-known in Cork, of Gerald the law student encountering very real prejudice when attending University College Cork debates during the 1930s.
![Lord Mayor Gerald Goldberg unveils a sculpture at Fitzgeralds Park, Cork in 1977. Lord Mayor Gerald Goldberg unveils a sculpture at Fitzgeralds Park, Cork in 1977.](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7674/3837055_11_articleinline_931471_931471.jpg)
David Goldberg drilled into the detail and a historian confirmed that no ships ever left Russia for Cork — that, in fact, it was far more likely that those who ended up on Leeside had sailed to Britain first, with Leith or Hull likely landing spots before they continued on their way to Ireland.