Established in 1936, the company MRCB Limited was founded by two French gentlemen, Marcel Regent and Charles Bigoud - MR & CB - who decided to set up business on Lord Edward Street, Dublin 2. The company was set up to serve Professional Decorators and tradesmen, and built up the reputation as the store that stocked the most comprehensive range of specialist products and painting tools as well as the mainline brands of paints. This is still the same today, with over 8600 items stocked.

Since the formation of the Company, the company has changed hands several times. In 1989, Joe and Nora Coghlan purchased the Company, formally owned by a UK paint manufacturer, Blundell Permoglaze. Joe and Nora were already in the paint retail business running Coghlan’s Paints in Dublin 8’s Meath Street since 1980. Joe is well known and respected within the paint industry, having worked initially for HGW paints, now known as Dulux Paints, and subsequently as General Manager of DODS of Mary Street. He also served on the Irish Hardware Training committee for over 20 years.

In early 1990, the company relocated from Lord Edward Street, to 12/13 Cornmarket Dublin 8. In 1998 the Company expanded further and now have a combined space of 10,000sq feet, where we still trade today.

In 2001 Joe Coghlan retired leaving his three sons to run the business.

Today, and still a 100% Irish owned family business, we are proud to offer an extensive range of paint, papers, wood care, industrial and ancillary products not only to the trade but to the public too, backed up by professionally trained staff with an exceptional level of service, quality and knowledge, offering to solve problems, source products, advise on colour and colour co-ordination, product application techniques to mention but a few.