# Guineys > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guineys > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guineys.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineys > Source revision: 1347772022 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Irish department store chain}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = Guineys | logo = Guineys logo.png | logo_caption = Logo used since 2015 | image = Guineys Mullingar.png | image_caption = Guineys store in [Mullingar](/source/Mullingar) | type = [Private](/source/Private_company) | foundation = {{start date and age|1971|6|4|df=y}} in [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) | location = 11-12 North Earl Street | hq_location_city = [Dublin](/source/Dublin) | hq_location_country = [Ireland](/source/Ireland) | num_locations = 11 | num_locations_year = 2023 | key_people = Michael Guiney (Managing Director) | num_employees = 200 | industry = [Retail](/source/Retail) | products = [Homewares](/source/Homewares), [menswear](/source/menswear), [womenswear](/source/womenswear) and children's clothing | revenue = | homepage = {{URL|https://guineys.ie}} }} '''Guineys''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|aɪ|n|iː|z}}), is a chain of Irish department stores founded in June 1971. The chain specialises in [homewares](/source/homewares), [menswear](/source/menswear), [womenswear](/source/womenswear) and children's clothing.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/michael-guineys-2709954-Apr2016/ |date=11 April 2016 |title=15 tweets that sum up Ireland's relationship with Michael Guineys|publisher=Daily Edge }} They have 11 stores in [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland), located in [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Limerick](/source/Limerick), [Waterford](/source/Waterford), [Castlebar](/source/Castlebar), [Tralee](/source/Tralee), [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)), [Clonmel](/source/Clonmel), [Mullingar](/source/Mullingar), [Dundalk](/source/Dundalk), [Kilkenny](/source/Kilkenny),{{Cite web|url=https://guineys.ie/about-us|title=About Us | The Story behind Michael Guineys|website=guineys.ie}} and, as of December 2018, one in [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland), at Castle Place in central [Belfast](/source/Belfast). It is well known for having its two Dublin stores almost within sight of each other - one on [North Earl Street](/source/North_Earl_Street) and one on [Talbot Street](/source/Talbot_Street), two streets which run directly into each other, off [O'Connell Street](/source/O'Connell_Street).{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-20432775.html|title=Guineys back in the black with €116,662 annual profit|first=Gordon|last=Deegan|date=29 November 2016|newspaper=[Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner) }} ==History== The company was registered on {{Date|Jun 4, 1971}} as '''Michael Guiney Limited'''.{{Cite web |title=Michael Guiney Limited - Irish Company Info - SoloCheck |url=https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Michael-Guiney-Limited-34465 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.solocheck.ie}} The chain was solely Dublin based until 1992 when a branch in [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)) was opened. Other branches followed in Tralee and Waterford (2004). The Limerick store was opened in late 2004, occupying the long vacant anchor tenancy of what was previously the Williamscourt Mall on William Street. The Castlebar store opened in December 2008. Guiney's launched their online store in 2012 which delivers to homes and businesses in the [Republic of Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland). A store was opened in Clonmel in December 2013 then the Mullingar and Kilkenny stores opened in 2015. The store that opened in December 2018 at Castle Place in central [Belfast](/source/Belfast) was the first Guiney's anywhere in the nine counties of [Ulster](/source/Ulster), and is located in a {{Convert|21,000|sqft|m2}} unit which once housed a [British Home Stores](/source/British_Home_Stores) branch until August 2016.{{Cite news |first=Christine |last=Carrigan |date=22 August 2018 |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/guineys-to-set-up-in-belfast-with-first-store-in-the-north-37239094.html|title=Guineys to set up in Belfast with first store in the North|newspaper =[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent) }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/guineys-belfast-launch-encouraging-for-city-37612739.html |date=11 December 2018 |title=Guineys Belfast launch 'encouraging' for city|newspaper=[Belfast Telegraph](/source/Belfast_Telegraph) }} ==Michael Guiney== Michael Guiney came from Limerick and had been working for his uncle{{Cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40327010.html|title='You go in for your tea towels and come out with a wheelbarrow': Guineys marks 50 years in business|date=2 July 2021}} Denis Guiney as the buyer of household goods and furnishings at [Clerys](/source/Clerys), before setting up his own Dublin store under the Guineys name in 1971.{{Cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40327010.html|title='You go in for your tea towels and come out with a wheelbarrow': Guineys marks 50 years in business|date=2 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.corkbeo.ie/culture/whats-on-news/guineys-celebrate-50-years-incredible-20898980|title = Guineys celebrate 50 years with an incredible 50% off sale|date = 28 June 2021}} For many years there were three shops on Dublin’s Talbot Street all with the name Guiney in the name, as Michael's stores were joined on the street by Guineys & Co at 79-80 Talbot Street, set up by Clerys/Denis Guiney and in operation until 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/guineys-closed-down-talbot-street-599299-Sep2012/|title=So exactly WHICH Guineys is closing down?}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/guiney-and-co-closure-dublin-599479-Sep2012/|title = It had everything from 'a needle to an anchor': Shoppers remember Guiney and Co}} ==Stores== As of 2022 Guineys has twelve stores located in Leinster, Munster, Connacht & Ulster, with two in Dublin.{{Cite web|url=https://guineys.ie/store-information|title=Store Information | Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Tralee, Limerick, Castlebar, Clonmel, Mullingar, Kilkenny, Dundalk, Belfast}} *Guineys Belfast *Guineys Castlebar *Guineys Clonmel *Guineys Dublin (North Earl Street and Talbot Street) *Guineys Dundalk *Michael Guineys Cork *Guineys Kilkenny *Guineys Limerick *Guineys Mullingar *Guineys Tralee *Guineys Waterford ==External links== * [https://www.guineys.ie Guineys Official website] ==See also== * [Clerys](/source/Clerys) (a department store group, bought by Kerry businessman Denis Guiney in the 1940s, which once owned the similarly named Guiney and Co store at 79-80 Talbot Street, Dublin){{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/guineys-closed-down-talbot-street-599299-Sep2012/|title=So exactly WHICH Guineys is closing down?}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/guiney-and-co-closure-dublin-599479-Sep2012/|title = It had everything from 'a needle to an anchor': Shoppers remember Guiney and Co}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{coord missing|County Dublin}} Category:Department stores of Ireland Category:Retail companies of Ireland Category:Companies based in Dublin (city) Category:Clothing retailers of Ireland Category:Irish companies established in 1971 Category:Retail companies established in 1971 Category:Shops in Dublin (city) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Guineys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineys) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineys?action=history)). 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