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Eddie Kelliher

Later Life and Death:

Eddie Kelliher lived along with a fulfilled life. After retiring from his competitive sailing career, he carried on sailing with his wife, Dooren alongside him. Kelliher and Doreen traveled together through many places such as the Mediterranean. Regularly following the same ways of classical figures such as Ulysses. The owned a cruising boat in Mallorca, where they both lived for a few years before returning to Ireland.

Kelliher returned to Ireland and moved to Dublin, after his family business was not substantial enough to support both his families. Being an educated businessman he decided to sell his share to one of his cousins. Kelliher was interested in new modern business developments. In 1948 he went to research and look at the new self-service checkouts in Sainburys and Dairy express in England. Soon after this the Irish Management Institute started. He applied for a position as it's Chief Executive Officer. Unfortunately for him he was not chosen. Jack Eason was on the interview board at the time and was impressed with Kelliher and later asked him to join the Eason and Son Limited group. He was the manager of the shop in O’Connell Street. Kelliher was quickly promoted throughout the years. Becoming a director in 1957 and soon after in 1970 he was appointed a managing director.10 years later he was chairman of the group until his retirement in 1984. He assisted to create Eason’s into a well-known nationwide business that lives on in every city in the country.



Kelliher was appointed to the Industrial Relations Commissions. This is the government courts that are set up by the country/state to manage and decide on industrial and employment issues, between employers and employees. He was president of the Dublin chamber of commerce (1978/1979). The issues he tackles were related to wildcat strikes which involved fines on trade unions and reductions in certain activities that were important to the nation’s economy. He made impactful decisions that managed to make headlines. Such as the abolition of the state monopolies and for Ireland's social welfare system to be simplified.

As well as being a big family man, Kelliher was the perfect example of a “club man” when it came to sailing. He visited regularly to the royal Irish yacht club, to sail and read. Eddie Kelliher died in his 98th year on June 1st, 2017.