Dosco

About Us

DOSCO was founded in Cork in 1884, the same year as Marks & Spencer and the GAA. Dosco (or D.O’Sullivan & Co.) is now and has always been a 100% Irish owned family business. Originally the company was established by Denis O’Sullivan on Lavitt’s Quay. It was then situated on Merchant’s Quay from the early 1900s to 1960. In 1960, the business moved to South Douglas Road, just outside Cork City, where it remains today.

In the early days the premises was multi-story and so all raw materials had to be hauled up to the top floor and manufactured into the various products before being moved down to ground level for dispatch. The products were mainly road sweeping, shoe brushes, distemper brushes, fireside, and chimney sweeping brushes. The majority were made by hand using tar to bind the bristles together before they were inserted into the wooden stocks (heads). The company had a textile department where heavy duty floor cloths and oven gloves were manufactured.

A new premises was designed and built, and was officially opened in 1966 by then Taoiseach, the late Jack Lynch. Dosco is Ireland’s only remaining brush manufacturer. For 140 years Dosco has been known for delivering a consistently high quality product backed up by exceptional service.

We are proud to continue this tradition today.