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Clerys is a department store on O'Connell Street
O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street is Dublin's main thoroughfare. One of Europe's widest streets, it measures 49m in width at its southern end, 46m at the north, and is 500m in length....
 in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
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It also owns Guineys
Guineys

Guineys is a discount department store chain in the Republic of Ireland with stores in Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Tralee and Cork . It is well known for having its three Dublin stores within sight of each other - one on North Earl Street and two on Talbot Street, which run directly into each other off O'Connell Street....
 at 79 Talbot Street
Talbot Street

Talbot Street is a city-centre street located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from Dublin Connolly railway station and the International Financial Services Centre at Amiens Street in the east to Marlborough Street in the west....
 and operates three home-Furnishings stores under the brand name "Clerys Home Furnishings" - in Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown

Blanchardstown is a growing outer suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The area is located 10 km north-west of Dublin City and covers most of the An Post postal district Dublin 15....
, Naas
Naas

Naas is the county town of County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. With a population of over 23,000, it is the largest town in the County of Kildare....
 and Leopardstown
Leopardstown

Leopardstown is a district in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Republic of Ireland, located at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. A residential suburb of the greater Dublin area, it is divided by the course of the M50 motorway motorway, and adjoins the neighbouring areas of Sandyford, Stepaside, Dublin, Ballyogan, Foxrock and Stillorgan....
. Denis Guiney (1893-1967) purchased Clerys Department Store in 1940 from the Receivers Craig Gardner & Co for £250,000.






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Clerys is a department store on O'Connell Street
O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street is Dublin's main thoroughfare. One of Europe's widest streets, it measures 49m in width at its southern end, 46m at the north, and is 500m in length....
 in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
.

It also owns Guineys
Guineys

Guineys is a discount department store chain in the Republic of Ireland with stores in Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Tralee and Cork . It is well known for having its three Dublin stores within sight of each other - one on North Earl Street and two on Talbot Street, which run directly into each other off O'Connell Street....
 at 79 Talbot Street
Talbot Street

Talbot Street is a city-centre street located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from Dublin Connolly railway station and the International Financial Services Centre at Amiens Street in the east to Marlborough Street in the west....
 and operates three home-Furnishings stores under the brand name "Clerys Home Furnishings" - in Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown

Blanchardstown is a growing outer suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The area is located 10 km north-west of Dublin City and covers most of the An Post postal district Dublin 15....
, Naas
Naas

Naas is the county town of County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. With a population of over 23,000, it is the largest town in the County of Kildare....
 and Leopardstown
Leopardstown

Leopardstown is a district in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Republic of Ireland, located at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. A residential suburb of the greater Dublin area, it is divided by the course of the M50 motorway motorway, and adjoins the neighbouring areas of Sandyford, Stepaside, Dublin, Ballyogan, Foxrock and Stillorgan....
. Denis Guiney (1893-1967) purchased Clerys Department Store in 1940 from the Receivers Craig Gardner & Co for £250,000. Denis Guiney died in 1967 and his widow continued to be Chairperson until her death on 23 August 2004 at the age of 103 years.

The business dates from 1853, however the current building dates from 1922, having been completely destroyed in the Easter 1916 Rising.

Clerys completed a five-year restoration programme in 2004 at a cost of €24m.

Further reading

P. Costello
Peter Costello (author)

Peter Costello is a Dublin-born author, historian and biographer. He attended the University of Michigan. He has written biographies of James Joyce, Flann O'Brien and Jules Verne....
 (1992) The very heart of the city: The story of Denis Guiney and Clerys (Clery and Co)

See also


  • List of Irish companies
    List of Irish companies

    This is a list of Ireland companies or subsidiaries according to their sector. It includes companies from the entire island. Politically, the state Republic of Ireland covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, covering the remainder in the north-east....


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