P.Leahy Real Estate - Mosman

About P.Leahy Real Estate - Mosman

The story of P Leahy Pty Ltd is as rich and rewarding as the suburb itself. In 1890 Irish born Patrick Leahy, affectionately known as ‘Paddy’ heard that large acreages of some of Sydney’s finest land were being subdivided and sold in the harbourside suburb known as Mosman. So impressed was Paddy by what he saw he opened a weekend sales office on Military Rd Mosman in an old weatherboard building which was later to become Mosman’s first telephone exchange catering for all 55 subscribers.

As land sales grew and the suburb expanded so did the business and Paddy Leahy would be ably assisted by his wife Ellen (nee Carroll). The family business as we know it was born and as momentum gathered pace Mosman separated from the Borough of St Leonards in 1893 and Richard Hayes Harnett became the first Mayor.