Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Johnston Mooney and O’Brien

From Graces Guide

Johnston Mooney and O’Brien of Clonliffe Flour Mills, Jones's Road.[1]

The business had two bakeries on Leinster Street and at Ballsbridge.[2]

1835 The Johnston family set up a bakery in Dublin and eventually merged business with Mooney and O'Brien to form Johnston Mooney and O’Brien.

1890s Specialists in birthday and wedding cakes made on request.

1920s They had 10 bread and cake shops around Dublin: - Finglas, Cabra, Kimmage, Camden Street, Rathmines, Parnell Square, Dominick Street, Capel Street, Stillorgan and Dun Laoghaire.

1930's Introduced sliced loaf.

1990s Bread premises moves to Jamestown Rd., Finglas Bakery where is remains today.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Leading Manufacturing Firms in 1920s Dublin by Frank Barry, Trinity College Dublin, September 2017
  2. The Leading Manufacturing Firms in 1920s Dublin by Frank Barry, Trinity College Dublin, September 2017