H Williams was a supermarket chain in Ireland which originated as a grocer/tea importer that became a registered company in March 1894 with a listing on the Dublin Stock Exchange.
[2] Though publicly listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange for many years, the Quinn-McArdle family controlled its board and provided most of its senior management.
[3] In the early 1980s it was sold to its managing director, John Quinn, and property developer Finbarr Holland.
[5] H Williams collapsed in 1987, following a price war that led to the 1987 amendment to the Groceries Order in an effort to protect the market from further concentration.
Outside Dublin, it had a supermarket in Mullingar[7] (the present-day Fairgreen Shopping Centre is located on its former site) and one in Tullamore (which was purchased, and is still operated, by Dunnes Stores).