McElhinney's

McElhinney's
Company typeDepartment store
Founded1971
FounderJohn McElhinney
Headquarters
Ballybofey
,
County Donegal
Number of locations
One
Key people
John McElhinney
OwnerJohn McElhinney
Websitewww.mcelhinneys.com

McElhinney's is a 3-storey fifteen-department store located in Ballybofey, County Donegal. It is the largest department store in Ireland outside Dublin.[1] It has been named National Retail Store of the Year and Best Superstore at the Retail Excellence Ireland Awards, among other awards for Outstanding Customer Service, Occasionwear, Bridal and more.[2] Alongside Finn Park, MacCumhaill Park and a few hotels, McElhinney's is one of Ballybofey's more recognisable landmarks.[3]

There is another store with the same name in Meath but there is no connection between that and McElhinney's of Ballybofey.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference outside_the_pale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "McElhinney's named Retail Store of the Year". Donegal Democrat. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Have they fallen through a Gap?". Donegal Democrat. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2008. Stretching from the outskirts of Sligo all signs on the main routes towards the north of the county give great prominence to Lifford but very little to the county's largest town Letterkenny and virtually none to either Ballybofey or Stranorlar. It's as if they have all fallen through the Gap or perhaps they assume that everybody knows just how to get to Finn and Mac Cumhaill Parks, the three top class hotels or indeed, McElhinneys.
  4. ^ "McElhinney's closes after 70 years". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010. McElhinney's Menswear also in Athboy is not affected by the closure and is still trading, so too is McElhinney's of Ballybofey.