Colourful history of 167-year-old store synonymous with Dublin

ARNOTTS is a name long synonymous with Dublin even prior to the company’s 18-year sponsorship of the Dublin GAA teams.

Perhaps the level of the financial crisis at the 167-year-old store should have been clear when it was announced in June last year that this sponsorship deal would not be renewed.

Founded in Dublin in 1843 by George Cannock and Andrew White, the store that would become Arnotts expanded when bankers Andrew and Patrick Reid invested £6,000 to extend the business.