Farm Factory Direct

It’s easy to spot The Pantry – the beautiful smartly-painted exterior, hanging baskets and large windows are a welcoming sight on The Square. In fact everything about Ladonna McCartan and Mark Healy's coffee shop is welcoming, from the pleasing rooms to the e ...

A growing number of people now see Athlone as a destination for holidays or short breaks and, for many, it would be unthinkable to visit the area or even pass through it without a visit to Annie McNamara and Mary McCullagh’s elegantly informal contemporary restaura ...

With its pretty blue and white paintwork and bold signage, you can’t miss Bowe’s Foodhall and Café. Set in a handsome 18th century building on the main square in Durrow, it has been run by Sarah and Shane Bowe since 2013 and, well known for its good f ...

Just 10 minutes' drive west of Athy, Burtown House is an early Georgian villa surrounded by beautiful gardens, parkland walks and farmland .  It is one of only two houses in Co Kildare to have remained in the original family, and an extraordinarily talented one at ...

Brothers Derek and Brendan are the current generation of Allens to run the family farm near the exceptionally tidy town of Keadue (several times a winner in the annual Tidy Towns competition) and, as they say tellingly, to care for the land. Viewers who remember the R ...

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, fortifying themselves ...