How it started
History
BOYLE Sports was created by John Boyle in 1982, when he opened his first betting shop in Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In 1989, five locations were opened in Drogheda, and in 2002, 14 new shops were opened.
The organization had 77 shops by August 2004, and opened its 100th store two years later, in 2006. In February 2011, BOYLE Sports took over 17 new shops from Celtic Bookmakers. Later that year, the company consolidated 15 William Hill shops.
In July 2017, Conor Gray became CEO after founder John Boyle assumed the role of executive chairman.
In September 2018, BoyleSports opened their 250th shop in Kilcullen, County Kildare, and announced plans to further expand its retail and online businesses. In June 2019, BoyleSports announced they had entered the UK retail market with the acquisition of independent bookmaker Wilf Gilbert, who ran 13 betting shops in the Midlands for an undisclosed sum. In January 2020, BoyleSports expanded its operation in Northern Ireland by acquiring 33 William Hill shops, making the company Ireland's biggest retail bookmaker.
In November 2021, BOYLE Sports announced an acquisition deal with bookmakers Tully. The deal includes the acquisition of Tully's telephone betting business in addition to acquiring ten retail venues. This deal aided in maintaining BOYLE Sports positions as the largest independent betting operator in Ireland with 268 retail betting shops throughout Ireland.
From Wikipedia’s article on Boylesports, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2