Goodbody, Lewis

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Goodbody, Lewis

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Dates of existence

1866-1933

History

Lewis Goodbody was a son of Lewis Frederick, one of the five sons of Robert of Mountmellick, and was born at Clara in 1866 and died there at Drayton Villa on 8 January 1933, aged 66. He was educated at Birkdale, Lancashire and at Trinity College, Dublin from where he graduated in 1887. He joined the firm of Tisdall & Goodbody, later Goodbody and Tisdall, then of 15 Dame Street and Tullamore on qualifying as a solicitor in 1891. In 1893 he was active in the campaign to save the union and defeat the Gladstone home rule bill and was hon. secretary to an anti-home rule demonstration in Tullamore. Tisdall was pushed out in 1901 and the new firm of A & L Goodbody commenced in 1902. Lewis Goodbody was a keen sportsman with a strong interest in cricket and motoring. He was an original member of the Irish Automobile Club and his firm were the solicitors to the Irish Dunlop Company’s stock exchange prospectus in 1899. Goodbody lived in Kilcoursey, Clara throughout his life and what with inherited wealth and business acumen his establishment was able to support a governess, a cook and a parlour maid. Lewis Goodbody died at Clara at the age of 66 and was buried at the Friends Burial Ground, Clara. He was survived by his wife, Edith Lisetta Pim and two daughters and one son. The latter spent much of his time in India and died there in 1974.

Places

Kilcoursey, Clara, Co. Offaly

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Solicitor

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Related entity

Kennedy, Kenneth A. (1894-1974)

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Category of relationship

associative

Type of relationship

Kennedy, Kenneth A.

is the business partner of

Goodbody, Lewis

Dates of relationship

1924-1933

Description of relationship

Related entity

J. & L. F. Goodbody Ltd. (1865 – 1984)

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Category of relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

J. & L. F. Goodbody Ltd.

is controlled by

Goodbody, Lewis

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Related entity

A. & L. Goodbody, Solicitors (1902-1947 (Tullamore))

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Category of relationship

hierarchical

Type of relationship

A. & L. Goodbody, Solicitors

is owned by

Goodbody, Lewis

Dates of relationship

1901-1933

Description of relationship

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Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR (CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, 2nd Edition (2011)

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Created by Lisa Shortall, May 2016

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Sources

Byrne, M., Legal Offaly: the county courthouse at Tullamore and the legal profession in County Offaly from the 1820s to the present day, Esker Press, 2008

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