Paddy "The Cope" Gallagher (Irish: Pádraig Ó Gallchóir; 25 December 1871 – 24 June 1966[1]) was the founder of The Cope (officially called the Templecrone Agricultural Co-operative Society).
It was this hard work, with its long hours and poor pay, he was later to say, that inspired him to found a cooperative movement back home in County Donegal.
His co-op was opposed by local vested interests and he had to buy his own boats to do his importing.
He wrote an autobiography, published in 1939, called Patrick Gallagher: My Story.
An image of Gallagher was featured on an Irish postage stamp issued in 2006.