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Argue and Phibb's (former Solicitor's company) - Sligo Town Ireland

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This long-forgotten Sligo based firm of solicitors, whose offices are located directly opposite Sligo Courthouse, must...

This long-forgotten Sligo based firm of solicitors, whose offices are located directly opposite Sligo Courthouse, must surely have the most unusual business name in the world, Argue and Phibbs (co-ordinates 54.27005 -8.47160). This unlikely sounding professional partnership is not a name which was not at all fictitious or made up for a laugh, these names belonged to two real men, Mr W. H. Argue and Mr Talbot Phibbs. Mr W. H. Argue‘s father was a policeman who came originally from County Cavan but upon retiring from the R.I.C. moved to live in Sligo. His partner, Mr Talbot Phibbs, was the…

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