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The Egans of Moate and Tullamore: business and politics. A prominent Offaly based Catholic and nationalist family in the late nineteenth century, active in both the Home Rule movement and the Gaelic League. One of the most influential and well connected mercantile families, they were unusual in also remaining as landholders post Penal times, holding estates near Mount Temple, Tubber , and Moate . Egans Whiskey of Tullamore remains as a family brandname.
A number of the men then served during the Great War. On their return, several felt intimidated enough to sell up their holdings and emigrate.
Hardcover, illustrated throughout, published by Offaly History, Tullamore, 2020.
Both Maurice and David Egan were born in Tullamore and attended the Christian Brothers School.
Maurice Egan is a retired beverage industry executive. He is chairman of P. & H. Egan (Tullamore) Limited, the brand owner of Egan’s Irish whiskey. He resides in Johannesburg and has a keen interest in social history from 1875 to 1925.David Egan lives in Athlone and is retired after a long career working as a disability advocate. He is a former director of Córas Iompair Éireann and Dublin Bus. He has a keen interest in local history.
