John Boyd Dunlop
(1840-1921)

Died aged c. 81

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

On this site John Boyd Dunlop 1840-1921 veterinary surgeon invented the first successful pneumatic tyre

38-42 May Street, Belfast, United Kingdom where they invented the first successful pneumatic tyre

The first pneumatic tyre factory in the world was started here in 1889, to make tyres under John Boyd Dunlop's patent of the 7th December, 1888.

67 Upper Stephen Street, Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland where they was (1889)