relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . october 2014 jj kavanagh and sons parent james joseph kavanagh founded 1919 headquarters urlingford county kilkenny ireland service area ireland united kingdom alliance cttc destinations dublin dublin airport limerick clonmel kilkenny waterford watford carlow naas hubs urlingford waterford nenagh watford clonmel naas website jjkavanagh.ie setra coach in salisbury wiltshire jj kavanagh and sons is ireland s largest private coach operator . it was founded in 1919 by j.j. kavanagh with the operation of a service connecting urlingford with kilkenny city . the company has expanded greatly since the 1990s with the take over of kenneally s coach operators in waterford . its head office is in urlingford county kilkenny . there are also offices in naas dublin clonmel nenagh waterford and carlow . jj kavanagh and sons is a member of the cttc . clarification needed contents 1 history 1.1 beginnings 1919 1980 1.2 change in market and rapid expansion 1980 2010 1.3 international expansion and beyond 2011 2 services operated 3 fleet 4 other works 5 references 6 external links history edit beginnings 1919 1980 edit jj kavanagh and sons was founded in 1919 by jj kavanagh with the running of a daily coach service between urlingford and kilkenny . over the following years the company gradually expanded with in an increase in fleet size and number of routes with the introduction of an urlingford clonmel route . at the time the company had a lucrative delivery contract with some of ireland s largest newspaper companies . change in market and rapid expansion 1980 2010 edit with the decline in the prominence of the newspaper in ireland jj kavanagh and sons lost their lucrative delivery deal and were forced to find new sources of finance . under management of current managers jj and paul the business has seen rapid expansion over the past three decades as they have launched many intercity routes as well as becoming prominent transporters in the private travel area in ireland . the expansion of intercity routes has been made possible for the company as a result of their acquisition of a number of coach companies across the south east of ireland in naas nenagh waterford and clonmel as well as the opening of sub offices in carlow and dublin . international expansion and beyond 2011 edit to further boost profits the company sought international expansion . expansion occurred with the purchase of mullany s coaches in watford england . the deal is believed to have been in the region of 1million . 1 services operated edit the company also currently operates a number of local bus services including those in waterford and tramore . fleet edit the company s coach fleet which operates on intercity services is made up of over 100 modern setra 400 series and neoplan coaches which feature air conditioning reclining seats on board toilets seatbelts and audio visual facilities . the number plate of each bus is made up entirely of number ones . it was the first coach company in ireland to introduce free wi fi onto some of its coaches in 2009 . the bus fleet operated by the company on the town and city routes is made up of mercedes benz citaros . other works edit jj kavanagh and sons plays a very active role in the kilkenny and carlow g.a.a. scene sponsoring numerous of the hurling and gaelic football competitions in the counties . they currently sponsor the kilkenny camogie team . references edit crosbie thomas 24 july 2011 . this is a cinderella business and an invisible export . it is very hard to touch and to quantify and to feel . the sunday business post . retrieved 18 august 2011 . external links edit jj kavanagh & sons wikimedia commons has media related to j.j. kavanagh & sons bus company . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jj kavanagh and sons & oldid 733434619 categories bus transport in the republic of irelandbus companies of the republic of irelandtransport in county kilkennytransport in county tipperaryhidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2014all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles needing clarification from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 august 2016 at 19 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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