etc. I was doing runs to the mill for about 25 years. “However, the mill then closed down and we had to find alternative work. My second son, Gary, decided that we should start going across the channel, so that’s what we did. We worked in the UK for some local companies and we had six trucks going to the UK for about ten or twelve years. When the local factories were closed down, we went to the UK and bought a place outside Liverpool and secured a merchandise licence for the UK. I secured insurance for the trucks within ten minutes over there and I can tell you I came out singing a merry tune!” Working for shipping agents, Noel was operating between the UK and Spain, Germany etc. “We opened an office in the West Midlands and my son Jack was based there. We had called the company in the UK Palatine Transport, so when Jack wanted to come home we brought that licence back with him and named the business in Sligo Palatine Transport (Ireland) Ltd. “But they didn’t want to just do long-distance work. They decided to go into distribution and that now accounts for about 90% of our work. They started with three trucks on the docks in Sligo and then bought a fourth as the business increased. We went to a 20,000 sq ft facility in an industrial estate but the business kept growing and we had to move again. “In 2008, we relocated again, this time into the 60,000 sq ft facility in Collooney. We have a fleet of 24 vehicles between vans, artics and rigids and my four sons – Jack, Gary, Mark and Gregory – run the show now. We offer daily services in and out of Sligo, Roscommon, Mayo, Donegal, Longford, Leitrim, Dublin and Northern Ireland.” Very few haulage companies have been around as long as Palatine Transport. Looking back over their history, it really is a remarkable and intriguing story. Palatine Transport (Ireland) Ltd. Collooney, County Sligo. Phone 071 9118618 Email: info@palatinetransport.com www.palatinetransport.com
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