What is recorded here
Ruairi Quinn was born in Sandymount on 2 April 1946, the son of Newry merchants who fled republican danger to build a Dublin business. That coastal birthplace launched a career spanning Finance, Education and Labour Party leadership, proving how far one family’s migration could carry.
Why this person is known: Irish Labour Party politician
- Birthplace
- Sandymount
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