Expansion Grant Stories
Diorite
The manufacturing industry is a key employer in Donegal and one company punching above its weight for the past two decades is Diorite Solid Surface Technology. Established in November 1996, the business benefits from a strong and experienced core team who have been...
Donegal Farmhouse Cheese
James and Noreen Cunningham of Donegal Farmhouse Cheese got help to develop their business with a Priming Grant from Local Enterprise Office Donegal While the Covid-19 pandemic brought unprecedented trading challenges, it has been used by many businesses as an...
Filligans
Filligans of Donegal is an artisan food producer located in Glenties, west Donegal. This family-run business has been making award-winning jams, marmalades, chutneys, mustards, relishes, oils, and dressings for over twenty years and is one the county’s most successful...
FireCloud365
Letterkenny-based FireCloud365 was started by Ryan Bradley and Kevin Boylan, who developed a cloud-based system for managing fire compliance. FireCloud365 is a unique mobile app which standardises, automates and schedules fire checks. Using the app, staff are able to...
Joe Bonnar Metal Craft
Established in the early 1990’s Joe Bonnar Metal Craft has been producing specialized, hand-crafted metal products for customers all over the world. The company works closely with a number of architects, interior designers and specifiers, including McNally Design in...
MacBride Brothers Joinery
MacBride Bros Joinery Ltd was established in 1993 by brothers Jay and Danny MacBride – a pair of master-craftsmen who pride themselves on creating quality pieces “from the raw plank to the finished product.”Over the past twenty years, MacBride Bros Joinery has become...
McGonigle Glass Studio
Sisters Elaine, Lyndsey and Zara Mc Gonigle make delicate and vibrant glass jewellery, art and homewares in their studio in the Donegal Craft Village on the Wild Atlantic Way. The three sisters that run Mc Gonigle Glass Studio are always asked how they came to work...
MMG Welding
MMG Welding is an Irish marine engineering and manufacturing company based in Killybegs. Established in 2005 by Martin McGuinness, MMG Welding are experts in coded welding and marine fabrication providing a support service to the marine, off shore construction and off...
Moville Clothing
Moville Clothing Company has been in operation for over 100 years. Harry Doherty had a workshop on the Malin Road, Moville, Co. Donegal in the early 1900's; he didn’t use patterns and did all the work by hand. Harry worked with the measurements of each individual...
Natnoot
Derek and Anna Walker of Natnoot are growing their juice business with the help of an expansion grant from Donegal Local Enterprise Office.Established in 2014, Natnoot specialises in cold pressed juice drinks using locally sourced produce and superfoods. The company,...
O’Donnell’s Bakery
Since 1969 O'Donnell's Bakery has been baking only the finest quality bread. However, in 2010 the business was facing liquidation when local Bread Agent Andrew McElhinney stepped up and bought the bakery saving local jobs.Since then, O’Donnell’s Bakery has gone from...
Silver Birch
As a child Sharon McDaid’s favourite gift was pencils; while other children were out playing, she would happily sit on her own and draw what she saw around her. When she was six, her mother took her to see a local art exhibition and a spark was ignited, Sharon said:...
Silver Strand Rope Works
Set up in 1990, Silver Strand Rope Works is an established rope, string and strapping manufacturing business based in Moville, County Donegal. The business was founded by Patrick McLaughlin, whose father Pat spent over 20 years as a fisherman before starting...
The Pear in Paper
She might have taken a longer path than many to set up her business The Pear in Paper, but every step of the journey brought valuable learning for Lynn Costello Erskine. “I was always making things” says Lynn, “but my educational path took me in a different direction;...
Welditz
Welditz Engineering is a small owner-driven engineering firm based in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal. Established in 2002, Welditz is run by James Cuddihy, a fifth-generation blacksmith. Since its foundation, the business has grown steadily and James and his team have built...