Changes at Tuam Farm Supplies as founder TJ moves to concentrate on tagging

By TOM GILMORE AFTER 21 years of operating the Tuam Farm Supplies company TJ Gormley is moving on to concentrate on one of his other businesses, Cormac Tagging, and his neighbour Cathal Joyce is taking over at the helm. Cathal, who has worked with the Connacht Gold company in Tuam for the past 14 years, is also from Brownsgrove, as is TJ. Same service â€Å“The company will be stocking the same products and providing the same services and I hope to welcome customers old and new. â€Å“I am also planning to introduce a few new ideas and hope to bring a new dimension to the business with some additional products,â€Â says Cathal.[private] He is from a well-known farming family in Brownsgrove and he is son of Joe Joyce and the late Sheila. TJ Gormleyâ€â„¢s other company, Cormac Tagging, is now the biggest supplier of electronic tagging in the Irish market and as this business has grown so much in recent years he is moving on to concentrate on it and on his other company products Cormac Sheep Equipment. â€Å“I will still be involved with the design and manufacture of Cormac Sheep Equipment, which will continue to be sold exclusively through Tuam Farm Supplies,â€Â says TJ. He added that Cormac Sheep Equipment is now the leading sheep equipment company in the country, supplying customers all over the 32 counties and some in the UK. â€Å“I want to thank all the loyal customers who have dealt with Tuam Farm Supplies over the past 21 years and the staff for their dedication as well, and I wish Cathal all the best at the helm of the company,â€Â says TJ. It was business as usual at Tuam Farm Supplies when Cathal Joyce moved in there last week, but Leo McGrath who has successfully managed the firm for TJ for the past 19 years is also planning to retire in the near future. â€Å“I hope to meet many customers that I have met in agricultural circles and some that I have met on the football fields as well,â€Â says Cathal. Both Cathal and TJ played football with Cortoon but during different eras. â€Å“Itâ€â„¢s a case of one Cortoon corner back passing it on to another corner back,â€Â quipped TJ.[/private]