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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Denis Heenan

Mr. Denis Heenan , of Cumberland Street, Dunedin, is the eldest son of the late Mr. Denis Heenan, who arrived in Dunedin in the early fifties, accompanied by five sons and six daughters, and died in 1874, after many years' residence in the North East Valley. “The subject of this article was born in King's County, Ireland. He was educated at the Templemoyle Agricultural Seminary, County Londonderry, and came to New Zealand by the ship “Mary,” in 1849. Shortly afterwards Mr. Heenan went to Wellington, where he was engaged in school teaching at the Lower Hutt till the gold discoveries, in 1853, attracted him to Victoria. He went to the Bendigo diggings where, after two years of successful operations, he began carrying from Melbourne to Castlemaine and Bendigo; a business which he conducted with great success for eight years. At the breaking out of the Otago gold rush, in 1861, Mr. Heenan returned to Dunedin, and after spending a short time on his farm in the North East Valley came into the city and built the
Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo.Mr. D. Heenan.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo.
Mr. D. Heenan.

British Hotel, at the corner of George and Hanover Streets. After two years he let the hotel to a tenant and returned to his farm in the valley, where he remained for eight years. For many years now he has resided in Cumberland Street, where he lives chiefly in retirement, though he also devotes time to the supervision of his several properties and interests. Mr. Heenan has never taken any part in public affairs, although he has been requested to stand for the representation of the district in Parliament, but declined. He married Miss Phillips, who arrived in Dunedin in 1863, and, of a family of six, two daughters and one son are alive.