Pat McDonnell started in the paint business with Harrington, Goodlass and Wall (H.G.W Paints) in 1967.
Pat spent 10 years with H.G.W paints ( Which went on to become Dulux Paints Ireland Ltd ) 3 years in the lab and a further 7 years in the sales department.
Then in 1977 Pat left to establish Pat McDonnell Paint Sales along with his wife Cora in no 63 Grattan street Cork.
Pat soon outgrew these premises and moved next door to a larger building and again out grew this and moved again to a much larger building around the corner on Bachelors Quay.
A second store in Cork was opened in 1997 on Centre Park Road, and then a store in Kilkenny in 2000, Tralee in 2001, Athlone in 2003, Galway in 2005 and the first Dublin Store opened in Rathfarnham in 2013.
The company currently employs over 80 staff in 7 Painting and Decorating Stores throughout Ireland.
These Specialist Painting and Decorating Stores have been developed and altered over the years to provide the consumer with the greatest range of colours and finishes that are available.