Boland's Bakery
Boland's Bakery was the largest bakery in Dublin in the late 19th century. It was founded by the Boland family. The company sold a number of products such as bread, biscuits, cakes, confectionery and flour, although over the years biscuits became the company's main product. The original bakery was located close to Capel Street between Mary (Abbey) Street and Little Mary Street. The Boland family lived on Capel Street.
Following the death of Patrick Boland (father of future MP and Olympic champion
The company had a number of production facilities around the city such as the buildings around Grand Canal Dock including Boland's Mill as well as a distribution network. Vans with the company name on it were a familiar sight up until the last quarter of the twentieth century.
The main Boland's Bakery building on the corner of Grand Canal Street and Macken Street (then Great Clarence Street), now the
In the late 1970s Boland's merged with
The name survives today in a number of brands produced by
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