successor l.c. confectionery ltd. founded 1919 headquarters urney county tyrone and tallaght ireland key people eileen and harry gallagher website urneychocolates.com urney chocolates is a confectionery business now based in county kildare ireland . the brand is now operated by l.c. confectionery ltd. urney chocolates was established in 1919 by eileen and harry gallagher at their home urney house in the parish of urney county tyrone . harry gallagher born 1879 was crown solicitor for county donegal . sweet making was one of a number of local industries started by eileen gallagher based in the back garden of their house in an effort to stem the tide of emigration from the area . 1 the original factory burned down in 1924 and they moved production to belgard road tallaght dublin . by the 1960s urney chocolates and its subsidiaries were employing almost 1 000 workers . at that time it was considered one of the largest chocolate factories in europe . 2 the new york based company w & r grace bought urney s out in 1963 and sold it on as a going concern to unilever in 1970 . unilever soon changed the name to hb chocolates . they ceased production in 1980 . the former factory became a diy store . current branded products edit urney anytime assortment formerly advertised as any time is urney time urney two and two hadji bey s turkish delight references edit urney chocolates . dublin . irish independent . 16 june 1965 . access date requires url help nolan karen 2010 . sweet memories the story of urney chocolates . dublin blue rook press . external link in publisher help external links edit official website south dublin libraries urney collection retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title urney chocolates & oldid 671646966 categories companies based in dublin city companies established in 1919brand name confectioneryhidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlcs1 errors external linksuse dmy dates from july 2015use irish english from july 2015all wikipedia articles written in irish english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 july 2015 at 02 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view