{"id":179321,"date":"2025-12-07T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/179321\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:10:08","slug":"rosanna-davisons-father-in-law-leaves-over-e50m-in-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/179321\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosanna Davison&#8217;s father-in-law leaves over \u20ac50m in will"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a certain generation, the DR Quirkey&#8217;s Good Time Emporium on O&#8217; Connell Street in Dublin will bring back many fond memories, and it was all thanks to its founder, Richard Quirke.<\/p>\n<p>The high-profile businessman was well-respected and was with his wife Ann for 55 years, with whom he had three children, Debbie, Andrew, and Wesley, who is the husband of former Miss World Rosanna Davison. <\/p>\n<p>In October of 2024, the Tipperary man died at the age of 77, a man who was originally a Garda and went on to make his fortune in slot machine and casino businesses. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AY55038536.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Quirke, Businessman. Richard Quirkeof Dr. Quirkey's Goodtime Emporium owner of the massive EUR 24 million Sikorsky 61. Pic: Collins, Dublin, Colin Keegan\" class=\"wp-image-1888359\"  \/>Richard Quirke, Businessman.<br \/>\nRichard Quirkeof Dr. Quirkey&#8217;s Goodtime Emporium owner of the massive EUR 24 million Sikorsky 61. Pic: Collins, Dublin, Colin Keegan<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/irish-news\/richard-quirke-businessman-and-father-in-law-to-rosanna-davison-leaves-54m-in-his-will\/a73207212.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOiHsFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFobXVsVkFLc1FiWHlCdHFQc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgE4rxzz8GLJ6xBdXREmPudEpZBSXBqxyZgQI2HXwE6IGSYV_9HNOYI_8ruA_aem_T95BpMoqdhUgbmLa3mRcdg\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/irish-news\/richard-quirke-businessman-and-father-in-law-to-rosanna-davison-leaves-54m-in-his-will\/a73207212.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOiHsFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFobXVsVkFLc1FiWHlCdHFQc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgE4rxzz8GLJ6xBdXREmPudEpZBSXBqxyZgQI2HXwE6IGSYV_9HNOYI_8ruA_aem_T95BpMoqdhUgbmLa3mRcdg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Irish Independent<\/a>, documents filed in the probate office showed that Richard had an estate worth \u20ac54 472,655.05.<\/p>\n<p>The Tipperary man was also the owner of the Carlton Casino Club located on the same street as Dr Quirkey&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>This week, it was found that in his last will dated February 12 in 2021, his fortune would be left to his wife Ann.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VIPIrelandPicture-Ref178217.jpg\" alt=\"Wesley Quirke Rosanna Davison\" class=\"wp-image-1407186\"  \/>Wes Quirke and Rosanna Davison. Pic: Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The document stated that &#8216;the assets comprised in all of my approved retirement fund&#8217; will go to Ann, as well as &#8216;the rest, residue and remainder of my estate after the payment of my debts.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>If anything were to happen to his wife within 30 days of his passing, the entire estate would then be divided between his children and grandchildren. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlton-Casino-Club-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-971671\"  \/>Richard Quirke and Wesley Quirke. Pic: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n<p>He set up Dr. Quirkey&#8217;s Goodtime Emporium on O&#8217;Connell Street in Dublin in 1976 and his gambling business has gone from strength to strength with the after-tax profits for 2023 alone coming to \u20ac8,654,935, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2024\/10\/10\/news\/irish-news\/tributes-paid-richard-quirke\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Extra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has since passed on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businessplus.ie\/business-insights\/wesley-quirke-net-worth\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">family business to his sons<\/a>, Wes and Andy, and they&#8217;re sitting on a fortune as shareholders\u2019 funds reached a whopping \u20ac25 million in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a certain generation, the DR Quirkey&#8217;s Good Time Emporium on O&#8217; Connell Street in Dublin will bring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-179321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}