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SISK GROUP - SICON LTD HISTORY
With over a 156 year history spanning over three
centuries, our family business has stayed true to John
Sisk’s vision of providing exceptionally high levels
of construction expertise and customer service by
employing, training and motivating capable staff.
After an apprenticeship as a plasterer An example of the company’s pre-
and at the age of 22, John Sisk set eminent position in the Irish construction
up the construction business in 1859. market was when we were honoured
The building firm he founded remains to be awarded the contract to erect
at the core of the now internationally the Papal Cross for the Pope’s visit in
and sectorally diversified group of 1979. By 1984, already the clear market
companies which form the SISK Group. leader in Ireland we established our UK
John Sisk built up a substantial regional subsidiary, now handling a turnover of
construction business with an impressive €500 million with an enviable record of
record of work around the province of award-winning projects and a reputation
Munster, building schools, hotels, banks for quality and innovation. As the market
and an astonishing 30 churches. One of contracted in Ireland, we travelled
the first known projects was the Cork abroad, leveraging the expertise of our
Distillery in 1868. people in the Middle East and Germany.
By 1937 we had started the first of our Sisk family members continue to set the
many diversification projects, stone family’s expectations and standards with
quarrying, and the following year three, fifth generation members holding
John Gerard Sisk, third generation, executive positions on the Sicon and
spearheaded our move to Dublin, wisely Subsidiary Boards.
establishing the company at the heart of
the nation’s future growth.
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