Former manager of Hibernian Bank in Cork could have been the man that Henry Ford counted on

When rumours started to swirl about Ford opening an arm of its empire in Cork, the Irish banking world was desperate to land the account, writes Jessica Casey.

And the man who sealed the big bucks deal can now be revealed — Hyacinth Pelly, manager of the Hibernian Bank in Cork, according to his family.

In the January Ford 100 supplement, we told the story of how a Hibernian representative tried to intercept Henry on his ship on the way to Ireland in 1912. However, it appears the deal was done in the US — by train.