department store founded may 1853 founder michael j clery defunct 12 june 2015 headquarters dublin ireland key people dominic prendergast simon smith products quality & luxury goods revenue 21.9 million 2011 owner gordon brothers europe number of employees 350 parent clerys website www.clerys.com www.clerys.ie archived from 2014 footnotes references www.clerys.com is the website for the clerys building but no longer clerys as a store itself . clerys was a long established department store on o connell street in dublin ireland a focal point of the street . the business dates from 1853 however the current building dates from 1922 having been completely destroyed in the 1916 easter rising . clerys completed a five year restoration programme in 2004 at a cost of 24 million . a renovation project is in place to bring the building back to its former glory including a new proposed rooftop destination . 1 contents 1 ownership 2 closure 3 clerys clock 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading ownership edit the history of clerys began in may 1853 when mc swiney delany and co. opened the new or palatial mart on the site of the present store in what was then sackville street . in 1883 the premises was taken over and renamed by m. j. clery d. 1896 a native of bulgaden co. limerick . 2 william martin murphy was also involved in the business . clerys was bought out of receivership in 1941 by denis guiney 1893 1967 3 for 250 000 . the receivers were craig gardner & co. denis guiney died in 1967 and his widow n e mary leahy continued to be chairperson until her death on 23 august 2004 at the age of 103 years . 4 clerys was placed into receivership on 17 september 2012 . receivers paul mccann and michael mcateer of grant thornton said the store s future could be secured . 5 closure edit kieran wallace and eamonn richardson were appointed joint provisional liquidators to osc operations limited the company trading as clerys on 12 june 2015 . the company ceased to trade with immediate effect . 6 staff were given 30 minutes notice to pack up and leave some had worked there for over 40 years . clerys the company sold for 1.00 the building itself sold for 29 million to the natrium investment group . clerys clock edit a large clock with two faces hangs above clerys central doors on o connell street opposite the statue of jim larkin . under clerys clock is a well known rendez vous both for dubliners and visitors from the countryside 7 and is famous in the city s culture as a place where many romances begin . 8 9 in 1990 on the fiftieth anniversary of denis guiney taking over the store a new clock was installed . 10 1891 artwork of clerys in lower sackville street 1853 artwork of nelson s pillar and clerys the clerys clock in 2012 see also edit list of irish companies references edit http www.irishmirror.ie news irish news clerys building set become rooftop 8528425 aoife reilly 1997 cleary s grand opening sale 1940 christmas stocks at bargain prices 1 p. costello 2008 denis guiney ucd sunday tribune obituary clerys put into receivership . the irish times . irish times trust . 17 september 2012 . retrieved 17 september 2012 . protest over clerys sudden closure under way . rt . retrieved 16 june 2015 . mac domhnaill d ibh winter 2005 renewing the high street pdf landscape ireland nuachtlitir oifigi il institi id ailitir t rdhreacha na h ireann 12 retrieved 2010 04 06 under clery s clock is also a 1989 song by the radiators micheau ed 2006 06 11 patient suitors wait under clerys clock sunday business post retrieved 2010 04 06 reilly aoife 2005 christmas clery s grand opening sale 1940 christmas stocks at bargain prices www.news4.ie retrieved 2010 04 06 check date values in date help further reading edit costello p. 1992 . the very heart of the city the story of denis guiney and clerys . clery and co . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clerys & oldid 742247881 categories commercial buildings completed in 1922companies established 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