For over 80 years the Gannon Family have worked at this site, 

The business goes back to the early 40's at which time Joe Gannon - father of John Gannon - was extracting material and  manufactured  concrete products from the early 50's.

• 1962 - John Gannon joined his father farming and supplying materials - the business was taken over by him on his return from Warrenstown Agricultural College. 
• 1963 - John began to supply materials on a more commercial basis and bought a tractor and trailer at this time.
• 1969 - John bought his first lorry this year.
• 1976 - The first aggregate washing plant installed.
• 1979 - First new truck purchased. 
• 1986 - Began producing readymix concrete.
• 1989 - Commenced manufacturing concrete blocks and in the same year purchased a second gravel pit.
• 1997 - Manufacturing precast retaining walls commenced.
• 2001 - Began manufacturing light weight concrete blocks. 
• 2006 - Developed a precast base for passively safe road signs.
• 2007 - First Eco concrete product produced. 
• 2007-  First load of waste glass received. 
• 2009 - John's son Niall formed Gannon Eco to provide sustainable solution providers for industrial waste streams. 
• 2012 - Pilot glass processing plant built.
• 2013 - First water filtration media project supplied.
• 2014 - Our first sludge/filter cake plant is installed.
• 2015 - On site water treatment plant with reed bed and willow bed installed.
• 2016 - Powder milling plant installed.
• 2018 - Full scale glass processing is installed.
• 2019 - Our filter cake storage unit is built, along with new offices.
• 2020 - Our first skudge/filtercake drying plant is installed.
• 2021 - Our second filter cake drying plant is installed.
• ​2022 - We begin our 5 year plan to rewild over 60 acres of land and planting of over 5,000 trees.
  
• 2023 - Reinstatement of old quarry begins.
• 2025 - Reinstatement of old quarry complete.