When Thomas Kelly opened a barber shop in Castlebar, November 1932. Little did he know he was starting something of a family empire. His was an unpretentious introduction to business like in an era when getting a haircut from a professional was considered an extravagance! Kelly who learned his trade in his native Dublin city, erected his red and white barbers pole over a premises at the corner of castle street (now Kelly’s Fine Gentlemen’s Grooming!) and began his business!