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anyone remember pat graces chipper?

barone · 2011-10-11 15:12:14

used to be where kettle of fish is now on cross street,across from buskers.. gravy chips :eek: om nom nom, burgers were divine,had coleslaw on them aswell,real burgers,all the food was yummmmmmm, murphy familly from coogan park took it over,not sure who started it off, talking 20 plus years ago

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#32 18-10-2011 8:36pm
barone

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kabakuyu wrote: »

Pat Elwood and Pat Grace operated in the mid 70's to mid 80's.

woulda been between 1987-1989 im thinking of ,when i started secondry

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#33 13-12-2011 9:54pm
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To the best of my knowlegde Pat Grace was the man who brought Kentucky Fried Chicken to Ireland and was its first franchisee here. KFC opened its first outlet at Phibsboro in December 1971 - 40 years ago this month.

KFC were the very first fast food chain to come to Ireland - 6 years before McDonalds.

At some point in the 70s, Pat Grace and KFC fell out and he started up his own chain - Pat Grace's Famous Friad Chicken - and had outlets in Dublin, Limerick, Cork and Galway. I think these all closed by the early 90s.

I rember as a kid eating in the Pat Graces in Limerick in the late 80s and being uminpressed with the joint - it was shabby and dirty looking.

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