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Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop (c. 1844 – 1930) was a sports promoter, civil servant, engineer and,[1] a former leader of Irish Rugby, founder of Lansdowne Football Club and figure behind the construction of the former Lansdowne Road stadium.[2]
As an engineering graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, he founded the Dublin club, Lansdowne, as well as a host of other sports club sharing the Lansdowne name. He was also the driving force behind the construction of the Lansdowne Road stadium.
- ^ O'Riordan, Turlough (December 2015). "Dunlop, Henry Wallace Doveton". www.dib.ie. Dublin: Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Club History | Lansdowne Rugby Club | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland". Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.