03/07/2022
Congratulations Betty, Jonas & staff. You are the best! Here's to the next 20 years! โค๏ธ
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It is hard to believe but Callanan's Shop in Emly are only celebrating their Twentieth Anniversary in business this year, it seems as if they have been around for a lifetime such is the positive and immeasurable impact that Betty and Jonas have made on the village of Emly and indeed the wider community of West Tipperary over many years.
Betty, who is originally from Anglesboro and Jonas, who hails from the Glen of Aherlow bought the shop and began trading on the 5th of July 2002. The building itself is a hugely historical building in the village of Emly as there has been a shop on the premises continuously since 1928, when O'Dwyers established the store. From then until 1963 the O'Dwyers traded, until the Fogarty's bought the premises from them and in 1997 they sold the shop to another local family, The Burkes, until five years later in 2002, when Betty and Jonas' moved from Clonakilty in County Cork where Jonas had been farming on a family farm, to set up one of the finest local shops in the entire County of Tipperary.
There is a kind word and a great welcome for anyone who enters the Shop which is located on the edge of the Village of Emly adjacent to the Tipperary Town and Cullen Roads. In the shop itself you can find all your daily grocery needs, they also have a fabulous new tea and coffee machine and they supply all your fuel requirements including Petrol, Diesel and Coal.
Over the past Twenty years the couple have modernised the shop and diversified into a range of different products, not normally seen outside of a big Town. They have diversified into essential items such hardware and also into animal feeds. It is truly a one-shop-shop and the wider community are blessed to have such a fine business on their doorstep.
There is a free delivery service on all goods bought in the store, normally within a 15 km radius of the village. The couple are highly involved in the local community especially in the Tidy Towns, the Variety Players, the Church and also in the Art Club. They are great supporters of the Community and the business itself employes five part-time staff in the store, which is quite remarkable for a small village in West Tipperary.
The Opening Hours of the store are 7:30a.m. to 7:30 p.m on Monday to Saturday and also 7.30am to 1 p.m on a Sunday, indeed the only day that the shop is closed is Christmas Day. You can contact the shop on 062-57128 or you can find all their latest offers on their page too.
The couple would like to sincerely thank their very loyal customer base who have stood by them over many years from both Emly and all the surrounding areas.
To celebrate their 20th anniversary there will be a a fantastic day held on Saturday 9th of July in the shop, where there will be reductions on all grocery and hardware items and there will also be a major raffle on the day which will include six โฌ50 vouchers. Everyone is invited on the day to celebrate their wonderful milestone.
We wish continued success to Betty and Jonas in their business for the future. Make sure to pop in and support them whenever you are passing through the Little Town of Emly.
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