Two generations. Forty-five years. One Dublin Road address.
The Murphy family has been keeping Ballyhaunis moving, fed and fuelled since 1980.
A phone that rings and a family that answers
D. Murphy & Sons started on the Dublin Road with a single fuel pump, a small workshop, and Dom Murphy's belief that the town needed a garage it could ring in the middle of the night. That single pump grew into the Top Oil forecourt they run today as Top Auto. Forty-five years later, that hasn't changed — the phone still goes at all hours, and it still gets answered.
The workshop
What has grown is everything around that phone. A new-and-used car sales business.
The forecourt
A full-service workshop covering diagnostics, servicing and pre-NCT prep. A 24-hour recovery truck that criss-crosses Mayo, Roscommon and Galway.
A Dublin Road story
From a single pump to a town landmark. The milestones that built the business.
1980
Dom Murphy opens a small workshop and single-pump filling station on the Dublin Road.
Late 1990s
Geraldine takes over the shop and builds it into a full Gala store with a hot and cold deli.
Mid 2000s
Declan, Kenneth and Shane join full-time. The recovery truck goes 24 hours a day.
2010s
The auto sales division formally launches with a broad range of new and used vehicles.
Today
Two generations stand behind six divisions and one phone number that always gets answered.
What the Murphy name means around here
A promise is a promise. These are the principles that have kept the town coming back since 1980.
Answered, always
A real person on the other end of the phone, day or night. No call centres, no automated menus.
Fair and fixed
Honest quotes before the work starts. No jargon, no upsell, no surprises on the bill.
Local employment
We hire from Ballyhaunis and the surrounding parishes. Every wage stays in the community.
Everything under one roof
Fuel, food, servicing, sales, recovery and home heating. The Dublin Road one-stop.
Rooted in Ballyhaunis
We are not a chain. We are not a franchise. Every decision is made by a Murphy standing in the shop, the workshop or the office out the back.
The difference
That is why the coffee is better, the bakery is fresher, and the recovery truck actually shows up.
The legacy
Ballyhaunis families have been coming through our doors for two, three, sometimes four generations of their own.
Come say hello
