Bá Dhún na nGall Teo, a traditional knitwear company based in Cill Charthaigh, southwest Donegal, is celebrating the global success of its ‘Fisherman Out of Ireland’ knitwear label. The ‘Fisherman Out of Ireland’ label was created by the company 25 years ago with the aim of supplying Irish made premium quality, knitwear. Twenty five years […]
Donegal Yarns is a yarn production company based in the village of Cill Charthaigh in south-west Donegal, producing the famous “Donegal” yarn, which is commonly used by major global clothing brands such as JCrew, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prada and Chanel, to name but a few. The company today has evolved from a state sponsored Congested […]
An incubation & enterprise centre located in the rural Gaeltacht area of South West Donegal is home to a number of exciting, creative new businesses as well as being home to local enterprise and community support organisations. Local Carrick born, Eunan Cunningham, manages the centre, known as Fiontarlann Incubation and Enterprise Centre in Baile na Móna, […]
Timmy Boyle, owner of Atlantic Composites, a boat manufacturing business in Donegal’s Gaeltacht, has had a love of boats since he was a young boy. A native of Gaoth Dobhair, Timmy has been fortunate to have lived beside the Wild Atlantic Ocean most of life. In 1976, he travelled to London to pursue greener pastures […]
When Údarás na Gaeltachta gave RA Pacaisti Teo’s Operations Director, John McDermott, a temporary office in its’ own regional office in the heart of Donegal’s Gaeltacht back in 1997, to help him explore and deliver a new business opportunity, little did anyone know that this was a first step towards creating a multinational company that […]