Accordingly, Denis O'Donnell organised farmers in the early cooperative movement in County Kerry, and founded the Lee Strand Co-operative Creamery on 30 April 1920 in Church Street, Tralee, still a going concern marking its centenary in 2020 although it relocated to Ballymullen in 1992 to the site of the former barracks of the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Denis O'Donnell led farmers in the early cooperative movement in County Kerry and established the Lee Strand Co-operative Creamery on April 30, 1920, at Church Street, Tralee. Despite relocating to Ballymullen near the former Royal Munster Fusiliers barracks in 1992, the creamery continues to operate, celebrating its centenary in 2020.