Welcome to Gombeens.comEdit

Gombeens.com is a website about Gombeens in Ireland that anyone can edit.

A Gombeen Man is a pejorative Hiberno-English term used in Ireland for a shady, small-time "wheeler-dealer" or businessman who is always looking to make a quick profit, often at someone else's expense or through the acceptance of bribes. Its origin is the Irish word "gaimbín", meaning monetary interest. The term referred originally to a money-lender and became associated with those shopkeepers and merchants who exploited the starving during the Irish Famine by selling much-needed food and goods on credit at ruinous interest rates.

The people listed on this site are not necessarily gombeens. It is up to you decide if they qualify or not.

Help us catalogue Ireland's gombeensEdit

Ireland is full of gombeen politicians, business leaders, bankers, journalists, and religious nutbags.