Behind this wall once stood Ireland's best known and best loved ice cream factory. Most grown-ups in the country remember with fondness many of the still existing products such Orange Split, Choc Ice, Iceberger, Loop the Loop and the wonderfully named Wibbly Wobbly Wonder. The very inappropriately named Golly Bar, underwent a name change in 1992 to the more politically correct Giant Bar! Jelly and HB vanilla ice cream was and still is a staple dessert in many Irish homes.
Initially, HB was a dairy and they started manufacturing ice cream in 1926. HB stands for both Hughes Brothers and for Hazel Brook - the name of the farm house that William Hughes built in 1896. There is even a stream called Hazel Brook that runs through the grounds of the primary school located beside the dairy. In times gone past, horses used to graze on the grounds where the factory is situated and they would pull the carts of milk to the shops and houses in South Co. Dublin. Soon they were replaced by electric vans but the deliveries slowed down since they could not keep up with the horses.
The factory closed in 2003 and production has since moved to a plant in Co. Cavan.
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