Pascal Vincent Doyle

Pascal Vincent Doyle
Born(1923-05-17)17 May 1923
Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland
Died6 February 1988(1988-02-06) (aged 64)
Blackrock Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
Other names
  • PV Doyle
  • Vincent Doyle
Occupations
Years active1945–1988
Known forThe Doyle Collection
Notable work
Spouse
Margaret Ellen Briody
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(m. 1947⁠–⁠1988)​

Pascal Vincent Doyle (17 May 1923 – 6 February 1988), more commonly known as PV Doyle, was an Irish hotelier and property developer who founded the Doyle Collection hotel group.[1]

Early life

Pascal Vincent Doyle was born on 17 May 1923 in Dundrum, Dublin to Michael and Eileen Doyle (née Lawlor), one of seven children. In 1945, at the age of 22, Doyle built a pub and leisure complex called the County Club in Churchtown. Following the success of this venture, he moved into the hotel business.[2]

The first hotel that Doyle developed was the South County Hotel in Stillorgan, now called the Stillorgan Park Hotel, which opened in 1964. Pascal officially registered his hotel company as P. V. Doyle Hotels Limited on 4 September 1969.[3]

Personal life

Doyle married Margaret Ellen (née Briody), a nurse, in Ballynarry Church, Kilnaleck, Cavan in 1947.[4][5] They had five children together; sons Michael, David and daughters Anne, Eileen and Bernie.

Death

Pascal Doyle died on 6 February 1988 in Blackrock Clinic aged 64.[6][7] The funeral was held on 9 February 1988 in St Laurence's Church, Kilmacud followed by internment in Dean's Grange Cemetery. The then President of Ireland Patrick Hillery and Taoiseach Charles Haughey attended P. V. Doyle's funeral.[8]

Margaret died 22 October 2010, aged 93, and had left €31 million in her will.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "'If you don't have a united family you have nothing'". Independent.ie. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Doyle, (Paschal) Vincent (P. V.) | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ "P. V. Doyle Hotels Ltd - Irish Company Info - SoloCheck". www.solocheck.ie. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  5. ^ "Doyle-Briody marriage". Irish Independent. 18 September 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
  6. ^ "Hotelier mourned". Irish Independent. 8 February 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
  7. ^ Morrissey, James (8 February 1988). "Tribute ... to the hotelier with the Midas touch". Irish Independent. p. 6. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
  8. ^ "PV Doyle Funeral". RTÉ Archives. 9 February 1988. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Deansgrange Cemetery - Memorial information". Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ^ "PV Doyle's widow left €31m in will". Business Post. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2023.