Henry Dunlop
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For the Scottish cotton manufacturer and merchant, see Henry Dunlop of Craigton. For the American farmer and politician, see Henry M. Dunlap.
Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop (c. 1844 – 1930) was a sports promoter, civil servant, engineer and,[1] a former leader of Irish Rugby, founder of Lansdowne Football Club and figure behind the construction of the former Lansdowne Road stadium.[2]
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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.