Urney, County Tyrone (1919-1924) Tallaght, Dublin (1924-1980) Newbridge, County Kildare (1980 to date)
Key people
Eileen Gallagher Harry Gallagher Redmond Gallagher
Urney Chocolates (colloquially known as Urneys) was a confectionery manufacturing business founded by the Gallagher family in County Tyrone, and once operating one of the largest chocolate factories in Europe. After being sold as a going concern, ultimately to what would become Unilever, the factory closed in 1980. The brand was later operated by L.C. Confectionery Ltd., and is now handled by Hazelbrook Confectionery, based in County Kildare, Ireland.
UrneyChocolates (colloquially known as Urneys) was a confectionery manufacturing business founded by the Gallagher family in County Tyrone, and once operating...
Harry Gallagher, was an Irish solicitor, proprietor, and founder of UrneyChocolates, the quintessential confectionary company of 20th century Ireland....
a production site in County Kildare, Ireland with the successor to UrneyChocolates. The original product was created by Harutun and Esther Batmazian,...
County Donegal. His father was Henry Thomas Gallagher, founder of UrneyChocolates, while his mother, Eileen Gallagher, was a pioneering Irish businesswoman...
September 1887 - 8 October 1976) was an Irish businesswoman who founded UrneyChocolates with her husband Harry Gallagher. She is believed to have been the...
Minister of State for Education. August – UrneyChocolates factory in Tallaght, once the largest chocolate factory in Europe, closes. 1 September – China's...
Harry Gallagher and his wife Eileen Gallagher were the founders of UrneyChocolates. Their son was Redmond Gallagher, an Irish nationalist, racing driver...
having held office since 1887, and is succeeded by Patrick O'Donnell. UrneyChocolates moves to the disused WW1-era RAF airfield of Tallaght Aerodrome in...
Harry Gallagher and Eileen Gallagher establish UrneyChocolates from their home in the parish of Urney, County Tyrone. An early 16th century stone effigy...
22. Died: Eileen Gallagher, 89, Irish businesswoman and founder of UrneyChocolates Retired U.S. Air Force General Paul Tibbets, who had flown the B-29...
now Cookstown Industrial Estate. *Aerodrome buildings were used by Urney'sChocolate factory for a period. RAF Coolham England Sussex 1943 1944 ALG RAF...
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