Changing places in Castletownroche

One set of brothers have bought out another set of brothers operating in the highly competitive grain and farm supplies market in Cork

The Dealer

15 January 2020

Champion jockey and Grand National winner Davy Russell is pictured chatting with Tim Looby of McDonnell Bros while on one of his regular shopping trips to McDonnell Bros, Fermoy, Co Cork.

McDonnell Bros from Coolagown in Fermoy have completed the purchase of the Farrell Bros premises outside Castletownroche in Co Cork.

Farrell Bros has been closed since 2018, with Dairygold Co-Op leasing the premises since then, but they have recently vacated it. The question now is what will McDonnell Bros do with their existing premises in nearby Glanworth?

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