Family tree - O'Meara - Donnelly's bacon factory, Dublin |
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This bacon factory was originally Kehoe-Donnelly's (or "Messrs. Kehoe, Donnelly and Co.").
Donnelly's was
purchased by Stephen O'Mara 1906,
described as a "long-established bacon curing business".
James O'Mara
came back from England to
take over running it 1914.
He sold it to his brother
Phons O'Mara
mid-late 1940s, who ran it.
His son Stephen O'Mara
then ran it.
Donnelly (Dublin) Ltd is listed
as acquiring some new land
from Dublin Corporation as part of a land exchange in 1962.
Think this is site of the new building.
New building erected probably between 1962 and 1964.
Donnelly's shut down c.1965.
New building is now
The Donnelly Centre,
Cork Street, Dublin 8
(Self Storage and File Stores).
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