Patrick Gallagher (businessman)
Patrick Gallagher (8 May 1951 - 15 March 2006) was an Irish property developer and businessperson. Early life and family Patrick Gallagher was born in Holles Street hospital, Dublin on 8 May 1951. His parents were Matt and Helena Patricia Gallagher (née Sheeran). He had 4 sisters and 2 brothers, Danny, Delia, Maureen, Helen, Paul and Kathryn. As a child, he lived at the family home, Hollywood Rath, Mulhuddart, County Dublin. His father was one of the largest property developers in the country, and as Gallagher's older brother had Down Syndrome, he was in line to succeed his father as the head of his business, the Gallagher Group. Gallagher attended a number of secondary schools including St Gerard's in Bray, County Wicklow, Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare, and Blackrock College in County Dublin. He married Sue Craigie in 1970, and they had two sons, Matthew and Patrick. They lived in Ballymacarney House on the Mulhuddart estate from 1973. Early career At age 17 Gallagher joined the Gallagher Group, starting as a tea boy, before working as a plasterer, plumber and bricklayer. By 1971, he was head of house sales during the wider Irish housing boom. After the sudden death