PJ and Ena Souhan bought Royal Auto Services in 1969 and changed the name to Souhan’s Garage, where Ena had been working for several years. PJ and Ena joined the Chevron Texaco Group and have stayed part of the group all through the years. With Ena managing the office and all accounts she was first joined by Nicky Souhan they’re daughter followed by Darren and John Souhan whom all now play key roles in the business.
PJ and Ena built a larger garage at the filling station. The garage became a well known vehicle repair centre. PJ began his steel fabrication and engineering works. PJ, who worked alongside his father who was a well known blacksmith in Ratcore Co. Meath then trained as a mechanic, panel beater and steel fabricator. He began to specialise in trailers, oil tankers, cattle crushes, horse boxes, catwalks, steel stairs, railings, repairing farm and plant machinery. PJ and his team of employees also worked on Newgrange and Ardboyne Hotel in Navan, Old Darnely Hotel in Athboy, The Royal Dublin Hotel, Roadstone Ireland, Moyglare Stud, Kilsaran Concrete and FloGas to name but a few.
We built a larger Workshop on the premises in the 80’s extending the engineering part of the business up until the 1990’s when cars became more sophisticated and repairs required computer diagnostics. With the governments launch of The N.C.T. Souhan’s started to focus the business more and more on vehicle mechanics and preparation. After all the requirements were announced for The National Car Test Souhan’s then began to kit out their new workshop. Equipping the garage with all the newest technology’s available, including computerised test lane, emissions tester, laser aided wheel and light alignment, Bosch Computerised Vehicle Diagnostics among many others.
One of the largest parts of Souhan’s Garage is now their Exhaust Manufacturing Capabilities now with many people coming from all over Ireland to avail of the unique expertise which comes from a long family history in Steel Fabrication joined now with Darren and the latest possible in technology and machinery.
Ena & PJ Souhan with Eddie Jordan at the
Texaco Sports AwardsOn Thursday the 8th of October 2009 Souhan’s Were Awarded For 40Th Years Of Business By Texaco Ireland  
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