O'Briens Irish Sandwich Cafe, also known as O'Briens, is an Irish franchise sandwich cafe chain founded in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
in 1988 by
Brody Sweeney
Brody Sweeney is an Irish businessman, known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars and the food delivery brand Camile Thai Kitchen.
Career
In 1981, Sweeney founded Prontaprint, a printing company. He sold the company back to the British ...
. As of October 2009, O'Briens was operated by the
AIL Group.
Foundations
In 1988, Irish businessman,
Brody Sweeney
Brody Sweeney is an Irish businessman, known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars and the food delivery brand Camile Thai Kitchen.
Career
In 1981, Sweeney founded Prontaprint, a printing company. He sold the company back to the British ...
set up his first sandwich shop in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
.
Sweeney reportedly chose the name O'Brien's because it was the most common name in the phone book and he wanted a very common Irish
surname in the event of expansion overseas.
In 2009, the company went into liquidation and was purchased by
Abrakebabra Investments Limited.
Initially operating only in Ireland, the chain once operated over 300 sandwich bars in Australia, China, Denmark, United Kingdom, Gibraltar, India, Indonesia, Bahrain, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, and Thailand.
See also
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List of Irish companies
This is a list of notable companies based in Ireland, or subsidiaries according to their sector. It includes companies from the entire island. The state of the Republic of Ireland covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland, part of th ...
References
External links
O'Briens Website
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Restaurants in the Republic of Ireland
Fast casual restaurants
Fast-food chains of Ireland
Irish brands