| Denis Guiney Contributor(s): Costello, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1906359148 ISBN-13: 9781906359140 Publisher: University College Dublin Press OUR PRICE: $21.78 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 Annotation: Denis Guiney (1893-1967) was one of the most remarkable Irishmen of his generation, who exerted through his business career a significant influence on the development of the economy and lifestyle of modern Ireland. As a haberdasher, he rose from working in small country shops to become the owner of the largest private company then in Ireland, serving the ever-increasing and ever-changing needs of the population the new nation. He is one of those whose lives materially contributed to the creation of Ireland's modern prosperity. Many talked airily of a 'New Ireland'; Denis Guiney helped create it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Business |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009379682 |
| Series: Historical Association of Ireland Life and Times |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.7" W x 7" (0.30 lbs) 124 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Denis Guiney (1893-1967) was one of the most remarkable Irishmen of his generation, who exerted through his business career a significant influence on the development of the economy and lifestyle of modern Ireland. As a draper, he rose from working in small country shops to become the owner of one of the country's biggest enterprises, the largest private company then in Ireland, the successor to part of a commercial empire created by a series of earlier Irish entrepreneurs, which he transformed to serve the ever-increasing and ever-changing needs of the population of a new kind of Ireland. He is one of those whose lives have materially contributed to the creation of the country's modern prosperity. Many talked airily of a 'New Ireland'. Denis Guiney helped create it. |