The Rolling Donut: A tale of sweet succession

Lisa Quinlan is a natural at business, steadily expanding The Rolling Donut, a business she learned from an early age standing proudly beside her father

Lisa Quinlan, proprietor of The Rolling Donut pictured at the launch of her new sister company Very Berry. Picture: Gary Ashe

A simple ring doughnut, still warm from the fryer and tossed in granulated sugar, served in a white paper bag from a kiosk on O’Connell Street was love at first bite for Lisa Quinlan.

Her father Michael set up The Rolling Donut in 1978, and since 2012, Lisa has taken the business to new heights, expanding beyond the kiosk where it all began.