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Séamus Ó Maitiú W&R Jacob - Celebrating 150 Years of Irish Biscuit Making, Dublin's major industries have traditionally been based on the produce of the Irish countryside. They include brewing, distilling, and of course biscuit making. Synonymous with Dublin biscuit making is the name of W&R Jacob. The business was founded by two brothers of a Quaker family, William and Robert Jacob in Waterford in 1851, and shortly afterwards moved to Peter's Row in Dublin. This, the first history of the enterprise, traces the origin of the Jacob family in Ireland, the foundation and development of the firm, and its expansion overseas. The Dublin factory's dramatic involvement in the 1913 lock-out is recounted, as is its pivotal role in the 1916 Rising in material never before published. Jacob's impact on the social and economical life of Dublin and indeed, further afield is highlighted as its famous biscuits were, and still are, found in shops and on tea-tables in every corner of Ireland and abroad.   ISBN 0-9534293-1-8 Pbk IR; €18.50 Customer Information Order Form Excerpts in Acrobat Reader format: 24kb 2 pp Contents 40kb 2pp Preface 860kb 25pp Chapter 2: Fire, Revolution - and Cream Crackers 76kb 1p Colour Illustration     © The Woodfield Press. All rights reserved.