On this day, 14 April 1919 in Limerick, Ireland, a general strike was declared in protest against the declaration by the British military of a ‘Special Militarised Zone’ in the area. The general strike saw the creation of the short-lived Limerick Soviet, where the city was taken over by the workers.
This is a short history: https://libcom.org/library/1919-story-limerick-soviet https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1400224383496041/?type=3