Pat Quinn (businessman)
| Pat Quinn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 July 1935 Cloone, County Leitrim, Ireland |
| Died | 23 November 2009 (aged 74) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Founder of Quinnsworth |
| Spouse(s) | Anne |
| Children | Bernard, Patrick, Lisa, Gavin, Paul, Tanya, Barry-John |
Pat Quinn (1 July 1935 – 23 November 2009) was an Irish publican, hotelier, music promoter, storyteller, former millionaire and founder of the Quinnsworth supermarket chain, which was Ireland's first supermarket chain. He invented the term "yellow pack". According to The Irish Times, he was "one of the country's best-known business figures in the 1960s and 1970s", "the whizz kid of the Irish grocery business" and "a well-known figure in the Irish-Canadian community" at his death. He worked, honeymooned and eventually settled with his family in Toronto. The Toronto Sun described him as "County Leitrim's favourite son".
Quinn was born on 1 July 1935 and grew up in Cloone, County Leitrim. His mother ran McNamee's, a nearby public house and grocery store, and his father was a local member of the Garda Síochána. The family were undertakers as well. His brothers Fersey, Fintan and Kevin, and sister Annette Maher survived him, though another sister, Mary Lynch, died before him. Quinn boarded at St. Mel's College, County Longford as a boarder before beginning work as a stockboy at Woolworths in Limerick, being promoted to the position of store manager by the age of 22. In 1958, himself and uncle Peter Quinn opened Quinn Co on Longford's Main Street.
Quinn was known as a promoter of music events during the 1960s in Ireland. He hosted events at Quinn County, featuring pop stars such as Joe Dolan, The Drifters and the Royal Showband. He encountered his future wife, Anne, at one of these performances in 1960.
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