CRH’s origins are in Ireland, where in 1932, two brothers, Tom and Donal Roche, set up a sand-and-gravel haulage business. This would expand to become Roadstone Ltd., which then merged with Cement Ltd. (now called Irish Cement), in 1970 to form CRH.
CRH’s origins are in Ireland, where in 1932, two brothers, Tom and Donal Roche, set up a sand-and-gravel haulage business. This would expand to become Roadstone Ltd., which then merged with Cement Ltd. (now called Irish Cement), in 1970 to form CRH.
Roadstone and Irish Cement remain central to our Irish operations. We continue to be the leading supplier of cement, aggregates, asphalt, lime, readymixed concrete and concrete products in the country.