M J Gleeson Group plc founded in 1903, is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and has two distinct businesses Gleeson Homes and Gleeson Strategic Land.
The business was founded by Michael Joseph Gleeson, the official date given by the company being 1903. Having travelled from Cloonmore, County Galway a small hamlet in the West of Ireland, to Sheffield to find work as a bricklayer. There he joined an Irish family business specialising in housing development and building contracting. A few years...