Present

First expansion and exports The business is incorporated as ‘Shellfish de la Mer Ltd.’ and quickly grows from selling to local restaurants and shops to supplying markets across Ireland and mainland Europe.

2025

First expansion and exports The business is incorporated as ‘Shellfish de la Mer Ltd.’ and quickly grows from selling to local restaurants and shops to supplying markets across Ireland and mainland Europe.

2022

First expansion and exports The business is incorporated as ‘Shellfish de la Mer Ltd.’ and quickly grows from selling to local restaurants and shops to supplying markets across Ireland and mainland Europe.

2019

First expansion and exports The business is incorporated as ‘Shellfish de la Mer Ltd.’ and quickly grows from selling to local restaurants and shops to supplying markets across Ireland and mainland Europe.

2013

First expansion and exports The business is incorporated as ‘Shellfish de la Mer Ltd.’ and quickly grows from selling to local restaurants and shops to supplying markets across Ireland and mainland Europe.

1999

First expansion and exports The business is incorporated as ‘Shellfish de la Mer Ltd.’ and quickly grows from selling to local restaurants and shops to supplying markets across Ireland and mainland Europe.

1995

First expansion and exports The business is incorporated as ‘Shellfish de la Mer Ltd.’ and quickly grows from selling to local restaurants and shops to supplying markets across Ireland and mainland Europe.

1992

First expansion and exports The business is incorporated as ‘Shellfish de la Mer Ltd.’ and quickly grows from selling to local restaurants and shops to supplying markets across Ireland and mainland Europe.

1987

The sea that builds futures It all began in 1987 in the picturesque town of Castletownbere, West Cork, where a young Richard Murphy, inspired by his day’s fresh catch, conceived the idea that would later become Shellfish Ireland. With early support from Pat Murphy, Richard’s father and an avid fisherman, the business began to take […]