Frocks, Socks and Twilfits: Profile of Denis Guiney of Brosna
‘Buy in bulk with ready cash; sell at low profits but sell quickly’ Denis Guiney, a ‘Merchant Prince’ in the twentieth century business world, was born at Knockawinna, Brosna, Co Kerry on 9 September 1893, the eldest of seven children of farmer Cornelius Guiney and Julia Crowley. He was educated at Knockaclarig National School and […]
No April Fool: Hans Liebherr of Kaufbeuren and Killarney
‘Just a master bricklayer’ – Hans Liebherr’s description of himself[1] Hans Liebherr was born on 1st April 1915 in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, one of three children (one boy and two girls) of Wilhelm Liebherr (1883-1916) and Matilda Arnold (1890-1969). His father was killed in the First World War and his mother remarried in 1922 to master […]
