Thriving Ullcatch angling for further growth

FOR many, one of life’s greatest career dreams is to work in a area that excites their passion and determination.

A lucky few find this prize through a carefully plotted career path, while others make their way there through the necessity of circumstances.

Eugene Farrelly and Martin McGowan, co-directors of Ullcatch, fall into the latter category. “Both myself and Martin were working in the building industry, and found ourselves, like many others, needing to reassess where we were going,” Eugene Farrelly explained of the sea change they both encountered. “As the downturn of the past five years continued, circumstances dictated that we had to re-invent ourselves to survive. The two of us were good friends through a shared love of angling, so three years ago we started to seriously look at the possibility of turning our passion into a business.”