@brownesanimalfeed3 Humble beginnings at Browne's Animal Feeds Portlaoise. Keep on trucking. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years.
Cathal, filmed at the original shed in September 2025. Watched over 18,000 times on TikTok.
In Cathal's words
Humble beginnings.
My father moved up from Kerry for a job and met my mother back in 1988. He was into the greyhounds and couldn't find dog food anywhere, and he didn't want to pay full price for his own. So he started buying a pallet and selling some of it on. That's where it started, in these sheds.
The lorry would reverse up to the house and all the neighbours and cousins would unload it by hand. Every bag.
We moved into Portlaoise around the year 2000. My mother took the reins and kept the show on the road. My father's job was fairly flexible, so he was around a good bit, to be fair.
He retired about seventeen years ago. We took the front unit, eventually the back unit, then the yard, bit by bit. Growing and growing.
Now I'm here, trying to take the reins the best I can. I have to thank the people of Portlaoise and the surrounding areas for keeping us on the road. And I won't be getting rid of the father any time soon. He's always here.
Lightly tidied from the video. The story is his.
