Henry Dunlop

Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop (c. 1844 – 1930) was a sports promoter, civil servant, engineer and, a former leader of Irish Rugby, founder of Lansdowne Football Club and figure behind the construction of the former Lansdowne Road stadium.

For the American farmer and politician, see Henry M. Dunlap.

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.

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