Electric.ie January/February 2018

24 ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • Derrywood celebrate 30 years in business L to R: Margaret Walsh, Glenn Hynes, John Kelleghan, Seamus Walsh and Billy Kendrick D ‡””›™‘‘† ‰‡…‹‡• ƒ† Distributors are celebrating ͟͜ ›‡ƒ”• ‹ „—•‹‡•• –Š‹• ›‡ƒ”Ǥ ‡ ‘ˆ ”‡Žƒ†ǯ• ’”‡‹‡” ‹’‘”–‡”•ǡ agents and distributors of electrical goods and electrical ™Š‘Ž‡•ƒŽ‡ •—’’Ž‹‡•Ǥ The business was set up by Galway business man Vincent Walsh in early 1988. His vision was to build a company with a reputation for “—ƒŽ‹–› ’”‘†—…–• ƒ† •‡”˜‹…‡Ǥ ˜‡” –Š‡ Žƒ•– ͟͜ ›‡ƒ”• –Š‡ „—•‹‡•• Šƒ• grown from strength to strength with an expanding product range across industrial plugs, sockets, Derrywood Agencies conduit and accessories, enclosures and lighting. ‡””›™‘‘† ‘’‡”ƒ–‡ ˆ”‘ ‘ƥ…‡• ƒ– its main distribution warehouse based in the Naas Road Business Park. They also have representatives located around the country.  Žƒ–‡ ͜͢͞͝ ƒˆ–‡” ƒ Ž‘‰ ‹ŽŽ‡•• Vincent sadly passed away. His wife Margaret and his son Seamus remain in the business and Glenn Hynes has now been installed as the Managing Director. Glenn tells us "Vincent's passing has been a great loss to everyone, but Glenn Hynes, Managing Director we do try and conduct our everyday business with his founding vision in mind. We have some ambitious plans with an exciting new product launch in the coming months"