Ireland's first and most famous blue cows' milk cheese, Cashel Blue, has been made by Jane and Louis Grubb and family on their farm near Fethard since 1984, with daughter Sarah and her husband Sergio Furno now closely involved in the business, Cash ... more...
Food-lovers from all over the country plan journeys around a visit to Peter and Mary Ward’s unique shop in Nenagh.
Having paused for a moment to admire the seasonal window display, old hands head for the little café at the back first, for ... more...
Lough Derg Chocolates is another of the good news stories to have come out of the recession - as Malachy and Elaine Dorris will be happy to tell you if you meet them out at events, they may have lost their old jobs, but now they have their own successf ... more...
The White Gypsy Brewery was established in 2009, but owner Cuilán Loughnane has been involved in the Irish microbrewery industry since 1997. The brewery’s philosophy is about getting back in touch with the things that made Ireland famous f ... more...
Pat O'Brien and family grow a range of floury potatoes, and apples for their O'Briens Apple Juice.
These are sold in this popular farm shop, along with limited amounts of home produced pork and bacon and other local food products including vegetables, ... more...
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Oldfarm's stated mission is to bring you the taste of 'real' pork! And indeed they do as they produce tasty, succulent free-range pork which is delivered directly to your door.
Far from being the umpteenth generation to farm here, Margaret O'Farrell a ... more...
Hand crafted using the traditional methods honed in the kitchens of her family home, Inch House near Thurles, Mairin Byrne now makes her Inch House Traditional Black Pudding in a modern production unit in Templemore. But it is still the same product, b ... more...
An early convert to the real bread movement, Joe Fitzmaurice began baking commercially for the family business, Blazing Salads, in 2000 and he developed a range of naturally leavened and yeasted organic artisan breads.
Their success soon led to him se ... more...
Joe and Eileen Condon's organic hill farm on the edge of the Knockmealdown mountains, in Co Tipperary, is a model farm for “Farming with Altitude”, a state initiative to encourage sustainable use of commonage in Ireland.
Wishing to produce ... more...
At Mount Anglesby in the foothills of the Knockmealdown mountains, Dick and Anne Keating use the milk of a neighbouring farmer’s single herd to make the raw cows’ milk cheddar style cheese Bay Lough.
It is made with vegetarian rennet and a ... more...
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