About Us
In the year 1666, when Samuel Pepys recorded in his famous diary the details of the Great Fire of London, a group of brothers by the name of Gundry established a company to manufacture ropes and sails at Bridport on the coast of Dorset, in south-west
More than three centuries later, in 1968, Bridport-Gundry Ltd. went into partnership with James McLeod, a retired fisherman in
The company established by James McLeod was thriving also and had earned a solid reputation at home and overseas. In 1999, Swan Net Ltd. took the overall prize in the “Marketing Campaign” section of the Icelandic Fisheries Awards competition. As a result of the international awareness created by winning this prestigious award, the Hampidjan group, a powerful Icelandic-based concern with interests throughout the world, acquired a shareholding in Swan Net Ltd. the following year. In 2002, Gundrys Ltd and Swan Net Ltd., came together within the Hampidjan Group to form Swan Net-Gundry Ltd.
The new company with the long history is today one of the strongest netmaking concerns in the world, offering a wide range of products and services to customers near and far. We supply static gear such as gill nets and pots to small inshore fishermen on the Irish and British Atlantic and
For our bigger customers, we design and manufacture midwater trawls and bottom trawls to the highest standards. Our markets include
The secret of our success is knowledge and experience of the industry and a passion for excellence in materials and workmanship. Several of our directors, managers and workers have first-hand experience of the fishing industry, as skippers, owners or crew. This knowledge is invaluable in understanding customers’ requirements and in perfecting the performance of our nets.
As a member of the Hampidjan group of companies, we are part of an international network, linking us to important research and developments in materials and design of netting, ropes and chandlery. It is our intention to grow our product range and develop new markets as well as consolidating the existing customer base in
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Swan Net-Gundry Ltd. is a relatively new company with a long history, stretching back more than three hundred years.
The firm today is the result of a merger in February 2002, between Swan Net Ltd. and Gundry’s Ltd., Ireland’s two leading netmaking firms, to become one of the strongest net firm in world, offering a comprehensive range of products and services for midwater trawling, bottom trawling, gill netting andfish farming. We also design, manufacture and supply safety nets, sports nets and nets for use in agriculture and horticulture to our customers’ specifications.
As a member of the prestigious Hampidjan Group of companies, which has a world-wide presence in the fishing industry, we are agents for Poly-Ice trawl doors, DYNEX ropes and MagNet high-strength lightweight netting.
Through Hampidjan, we benefit from a major on-going research and development programme into materials design and performance.
As well as our headquarters and manufacturing premises in Killybegs, we have service depots in Shetland, Fraserburgh, Rossaveal, Castletownbere and Skibbereen, at Gloucester,
“No other netmaker gives you so much!”
COASTAL CAGES
FISHFARM NETS
We manufacture and repair all types and sizes of fishfarm nets at our Coastal Cages Depot at Ballymoon, Kilcar, Co. Donegal. Sites on the west coast of
Designing and making nets for these conditions is a challenge which we have been meeting since the beginning of Irish aquaculture. Our materials and workmanship are regularly tested to extreme limits and are not found wanting. We can supply you with nets to suit all shapes and sizes of flotation units in any sea conditions.
SAFETY NETS
Demand is increasing for safety nets to pevent injury and loss of life and to catch falling object on construction sites. Our safety nets, tailored to meet your specific requirements, are manufactured from top quality materials and are quality tested to meet the highest national and international standards. Whatever size of construction you are undertaking, we can provide all the safety nets you need. Prices are based on the materials used and the size of net required.
SPORTS NETS
We manufacture nets for GAA and Association football and carry a stock of standard sizes in both. We also supply ball-stop nets for behind the goal areas, as well as nets for badminton, tennis and basketball. We are happy to make nets for customers’ specific requirements. No order too small or too big.
AGRICULTURE / HORTICULTURE
We supply quality nets to suit all the requirements of agriculture and horticulture, including nets to protect fruit and vegetables from marauding birds, nets to prevent birds flying into barns and lofts and heavy-duty nets for covering silage bales, hay stacks or other stores.
Talk to:
Seamus Gillespie about your requirements.
Tel: +353-(0)74-973 1180 / 973 1100
Fax: +353-(0)74-973 1574 / 973 1486
E-mail: seamus@swannetgundry.com
Our retail outlet at Kelly’s Quay, Killybegs, under the management of Malachy Murrin, provides a wide range of goods for inshore and deepsea fishermen, fish farmers and pot fishermen, including life jackets, flotation suits, protective footwear, hard hats and a range of waterproof clothing. We supply the full range of safety equipment required for the code of practice survey and also stock a range of marine electronics equipment.
Our gill nets made from superior quality Japanese TORAY netting, (monofilament and multi-mono) are the number one choice of Irish Atlantic salmon fishermen. We also produce gill nets for hake, dogfish and pollack. And we supply excellent Japanese squid lures for jigging.
We are sole Irish agent for the STORMLINE of New Zealand range of waterproof workwear. We also stock ropes, chandlery, mooring buoys, anchors, gill nets, lobster, shrimp and crab pots, shellfish equipment, oyster bags, mussel bags, and complete mooring systems includig chain,
ropes and buoys.
We are sole Irish agent for INTERMAS products, including oyster bags, mussel mesh and lightweight protection netting. We also carry a wide range of stock for mussel and oyster operations, such as oyster waders, hooks, rubber bands, joncs, gloves, mussel pegs and longline mussel ropes. We offer keenest prices for direct
shipment of oyster bags to clients anywhere in the world.
Talk to Malachy at our Inshore Marine store,