Aillwee Cave Homemade Fudge and Farmhouse Cheesemakers

Ballyvaughan, Co Clare

Come into the cosy surrounding of the Farmshop and sample their award winning Burren Gold cheese, which is produced on site using the finest milk from cows grazing on the lush grasses and herbs of the Burren and separate Tea Rooms serving light refreshments. The Gift Shop includes a wide selection of gemstones, fossils, clothing, pottery and gifts. Cave tours, birds of prey centre and woodland walks here too. Situated in the heart of the Burren in County Clare lies one of the oldest caves in Ireland. Perched high on its Burren terraced mountain side with what has to be one of the most spectacular views of Galway Bay.

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Ardrahan Farmhouse Cheese

Ardrahan, Kanturk, Co Cork.

Grazing happily on the lush Kanturk pasture land, it’s no wonder the Ardrahan herd produce such wonderful milk that is that form the characteristics of the unique flavour of Ardrahan Farmhouse Cheeses. Those clever people at Ardrahan have also specially produced Lullaby Milk, cows are milked in the dark of the morning and as a result their milk retains all its natural goodness and creaminess.

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Ardsallagh Goat Farm

Carrigtwohill, Co Cork.

Jane and Gerard Murphy’s award wining Ardsallagh Goat’s Cheese is one of the original Irish farmhouse cheeses. It was first produced in two styles - as a soft fresh goat’s cheese, ready to eat in a week, and also a hard, mature version, left to age for four months minimum, which lends a fuller flavour, finished with a serious bite of goaty acidity. Nowadays the range has grown, and includes the fabulous soft roulade rolled with oregano, or at Christmas, jewel like cranberries.

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Baldwin's Ice Cream

Killeenagh, Knockanore, Co Waterford.

Home made natural ice cream created from the milk of the Baldwin Friesian herd. The cows graze land around the family farm in Waterford, producing the milk for this farmhouse based ice cream production. Good quality flavourings and local fruits are used in the making and ice creams which are available in the Cork, Waterford and South Tipperary area.

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Beal Organic Cheese

Beale Lodge Organic Farm, Asdee, Listowel, Co Kerry.

Kate Carmody is a sixth generation chemist and her specialist area is Bio-Chemistry, but Cheesemaking is her true love and Beal Organic Cheese came about as a result of marrying an Irish dairy farmer and settling in the north Kerry farmhouse. She began making cheese in 1987 and in 1997 the farm underwent organic conversion, with full status achieved in 2000. Beale Lodge Organic Farm is also GM free and Kate has been instrumental in the anti GM movement in Ireland and is a full time pro-active campaigner for the organic movement. Raw milk Beal Organic Cheese is a wonderful, creamy, cheddar style crumbly textured cheese, which packs a piquant, fiery explosion of taste that sets it totally apart Kate Carmody is a living legend and all her cheeses are equally celebrated.

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Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese

Ballynacally, Co Clare

Goat’s cheese has become hugely popular in Ireland in the last twenty years. Bluebell Falls Goat’s Cheese is one of the originals. The farm has been in the Keane family for several generations, and the goats were introduced sixteen years ago. The milk grew in popularity and cheese making followed in order to increase the income of the farm. The Bluebell herd of 240 goats graze in rolling pastureland overlooking the Shannon estuary in Co. Clare. From this rich grazing and a supplement of barley, wheat and oats, the goats provide milk for a superb range of soft and hard cheese now produced by Paul Keane.

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Cashel Blue Farmhouse Cheese

Beechmount, Fethard, Co Tipperary.

When Louis and Jane Grubb created Cashel Blue back in 1984, little did they know they were creating an iconic Irish cheese, Ireland’s first farmhouse blue cheese – Cashel Blue. Tipperary’s rolling green countryside is home to this culinary masterpiece, where the Grubb family select and mature with passion and commitment using milk from their own dairy farm. Their philosophy is simple they are a local, sustainable, farm-based, genuine handmade product, who pay a huge attention to details, particularly to selection and maturation – overall its taste that matters for true customer satisfaction of Cashel and Crozier Blue Cheese.

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Chocolate Garden of Ireland (The) and Tipperary Organic Ice Cream

Rath, Tullow, Co Carlow.

Jim and Mary Healy and their dedicated team of chocolate and biscuit experts, produce a spectacular range of luxury, handmade artisan chocolates, divine waffles, sensational chocolate spreads, rich butter biscuits and chocolate bars and of course their delicious Tipperary Organic Ice Cream, which you can now enjoy at their delightful new coffee shop and ice cream parlour in Carlow. The Chocolate Garden of Ireland is a real family destination set in lovely grounds with outdoor seating. Educational groups and school parties catered for also.

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Cooleeney Cheese

Cooleeney, Moyne, Thurles, Co Tipperary

The dairy herd used to produce Cooleeney cheeses enjoys the lush green grasses of Tipperary’s Golden Vale. Established in 1986 by Jim and Breda Maher on the family farm, their ambition was to produce a range of artisan cheeses using the milk from their own Friesians. Now the Maher’s have an award winning selection of cheeses to tantalise every palate.

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Corleggy Cheeses

Corleggy, Belturbet, Co Cavan.

Silke Cropp has been producing her famous homemade artisan farmhouse cheeses for over 20 years now and any awards she has not already won are simply not worth winning. This woman’s commitment to creating artisan cheeses made with love, care and devotion, has ensured the rise and rise of her range to where it stands today, at the very pinnacle of artisan food production in Ireland.

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