Clerys

Clerys on O'Connell Street.

Clerys is a long-established department store on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, a focal point of the street, and of the city.

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.

Ownership

The history of Clerys began in May 1853 when Mc Swiney, Delany and Co. opened ‘The New or Palatial Mart' on the site of the present store in what was then Sackville Street. In 1883, the premises was taken over and renamed by M. J. Clery (d.1896), a native of Bulgaden, Co. Limerick.^[1] William Martin Murphy was also involved in the business.

Clerys was bought out of receivership in 1941 by Denis Guiney (1893-1967)^[2] for £250,000. The receivers were Craig Gardner & Co. Denis Guiney died in 1967 and his widow, née Mary Leahy, continued to be Chairperson until her death on 23 August 2004 at the age of 103 years.^[3]

Today, Clerys also owns Denis Guiney's original business, Guineys at 79 Talbot Street, and operates three home-furnishings stores under the brand name "Clerys Home Furnishings" - in Blanchardstown, Naas and Leopardstown.

Clerys Clock

A large clock with two faces hangs above Clerys' central doors on O'Connell Street (opposite the statue of Jim Larkin). "Under Clerys' clock" is a well-known rendez-vous, both for Dubliners, and visitors from the countryside,^[4][5] and is famous in the city's popular culture as a place where many romances begin.^[6] In 1990, on the fiftieth anniversary of Denis Guiney taking over the store, a new clock was installed.^[7]

See also

• List of Irish companies

References

1. ^ Aoife Reilly (1997) CLEARY'S GRAND OPENING SALE 1940 'CHRISTMAS STOCKS AT BARGAIN PRICES' [1]
2. ^ P. Costello (2008) Denis Guiney (UCD)
3. ^ Sunday Tribune obituary
4. ^ Mac Domhnaill, Dáibhí (2005-Winter), "Renewing the High Street", Landscape Ireland: Nuachtlitir Oifigiúil Institiúid Ailitirí Tírdhreacha na hÉireann: 12, http://irishlandscapeinstitute.com/landscape_ireland/LandscapeIreland_Winter05.pdf, retrieved 2010-04-06 
5. ^ "Under Clery's Clock" is a song by Philip Chevron on the album Ghostown
6. ^ Micheau, Ed (2006-06-11), Patient Suitors Wait Under Clerys' Clock, Sunday Business Post, http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/06/11/story14883.asp, retrieved 2010-04-06 
7. ^ Reilly, Aoife (2005-Christmas), Clery's Grand Opening Sale 1940 "Christmas Stocks at Bargain Prices", www.news4.ie, http://www.news4.ie/christmas1997/frame3/36cleary.htm, retrieved 2010-04-06 

Further reading

P. Costello (1992) The very heart of the city: The story of Denis Guiney and Clerys (Clery and Co)

External links

• Official website
• [2]

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