Founded in 1918 originally as a manufacturer of gaelic footballs, O'Neills has grown into the largest sportswear manufacturing company in Ireland. Synonymous with GAA sports, O'Neills also supply a range of clubs, colleges and schools with rugby, soccer, cricket, handball, netball, boxing and athletics wear.
O'Neills is a 100% Irish owned company, employing over 800 people in Ireland with manufacturing plants in Strabane, Co. Tyrone and Walkinstown, Dublin. The company is vertically integrated, creating fabrics through state of the art knitting and dyeing facilities, which are sewn, printed and embroidered in house to produce high quality sporting apparel.
Kilkenny is home to Ireland’s largest collection of Irish designers, and the company has been synonymous with promoting the finest in Irish design for over 50 years. Kilkenny currently has 14 own-brand stores in Dublin (Nassau St, Swords & Stillorgan), Kilkenny Design Centre, Cork (Emmet Place Cork, Douglas & Shanagarry), Galway, Killarney, Cashel, Trim, Greystones, Ennis and Whitewater Shopping Centre Newbridge, as well as two sister brand stores known as Christy’s in Killarney, Co. Kerry and Cobh, Co. Cork.
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