a short history

A Short History
"On 18th November 1825 this advertisment appeared in The Belfast Newsletter:



He (Samuel McCausland) was right. Come back they did in ever increasing numbers, from further and further afield. By the end of his life he was supplying customers in Australia, New Zealand, U.S.A, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Holland, Belgium, and the Balkans. But what he was supplying was not articles in the GROCERY LINE. It was seed, Irish Ryegrass Seed."

Extracts from "A Short History of Samuel McCausland Limited" by Stephen Gilbert




A copy of a business card in use approximately 1825. The original still exists.