John Kelly Limited, also known as Kelly's Coal Quay, Kelly's Coal, or simply Kelly's, was best known for being coal merchants and shipowner in Belfast, Ireland. Dating back to the 1840s, when Samuel Kelly started a grocers and coal commissions business on Queen's Quay, Belfast.[1] It was previously known as John Kelly Coal Company, when Samuel Kelly's son John Kelly, took over as owner following his father's death.[2] It was established as John Kelly Limited by John Kelly's son, and grandson of Samuel Kelly, Sir Samuel Kelly, keeping the name of his father. It became a staple along the Belfast harbour, and the area, alongside Cawoods Coal, and Hugh Craig & Co. would become known locally as the "coal quay" (from Queen's Quay, where the coal merchants were situated).[3]
The company still exists, but is no longer known as John Kelly Limited, it runs under Kelly Fuels LTD. They entered the domestic solid fuel and fuel oil business.[4]
- ^ Roddie, Robin. "Sir Samuel Kelly: Coal merchant, gun-runner and Methodist benefactor". Methodist History. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ https://ulsterhistorycircle.org.uk/sir-samuel-kelly/
- ^ https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/175-years-of-kellys-and-stillgoing-strong-2177633
- ^ "Fuel firm in hunt for calendars". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2000-07-08. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-11-20.