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It all started when a young Patrick Kelly (Great grand-father of the current Co. Directors), a small farmer and fisherman, developed his first kettle from tin after a cold winter of tinkering and experimenting in his shed. The kettle initially worked extremely well but soon burned out from regular use while fishing on the lake. After continuing to tweak his innovative tin kettles in his shed he finally developed a kettle made out of copper and this was found to be much more durable. News of his kettle spread among local anglers and it received great reviews from travelling anglers visiting from the U.K. (they all wanted one) This simple concept was not just invented yesterday with brothers and now directors Patrick & Seamus Kelly being the fourth generation of ‘Kelly’s’ to further develop these popular kettles that now come with innovative camping accessories. In the 1950’s Patrick’s son, Jim (Grandfather of the current Directors of the company) became a famous angler & boatman on Lough Conn in County Mayo.