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Durrus is a washed rind cow's milk cheese from Ireland. It was developed by Jeffa Gill in 1979, and is made by traditional methods. Durrus is produced in the valley of Coomkeen, near the village of Durrus on the Sheep's Head Peninsula in County Cork Ireland, where local herds provide the raw milk needed to make it.
Gubbeen Cheese is a surface ripened, semi-soft, cow's milk cheese with a pink and white rind. The flavours are creamy with mushroom and nutty aftertastes but vary depending on maturity of cheese. Gubbeen Farmhouse Products also produce a Smoked Gubbeen.
Pantysgawn, also known as Pant-Ysgawn, is a Welsh cheese made from goat's milk. It was the first cheese produced by Pam and Tony Craske at Pant-Ys-Gawn Farm, Wales, and the success of it resulted in the couple founding the Abergavenny Fine Foods Company. It is now produced in Blaenavon by the Craske family from locally produced goat's curd from Soil Association certified farms. It has been served at NATO receptions, at St. David's Day celebrations at 10 Downing Street and to Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Cardiff in 2015.
Corleggy Cheeses is an Irish farmhouse making a selection of cheese in County Cavan. It was started by Silke Cropp in 1985 using milk from her own goat herd. Today Corleggy make a variety of different cheese from goat's milk, sheep's milk and cow's milk sourced from local farmers.
J&L Grubb was set up by Jane and Louis Grubb in 1984 at their farm in Beechmount, near Fethard, South Tipperary. Jane originally experimented in an old copper brewer's vat before settling on the recipe for their first cheese, Cashel Blue.
Glyde Farm Produce was set up in 1996 by Peter Thomas who spent the next several years researching the market in Ireland for suitable dairy products. Peter and Anita Thomas started making Bellingham Blue cheese at their family farm at Mansfieldtown in County Louth, Ireland, in 2000.
Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese is an organic, handmade, soft goat's milk cheese with a creamy texture made in County Cork, Ireland.
Carrigaline Farmhouse Cheese is a semi-soft cheese made from cow's milk. It originates from Carrigaline, County Cork in Ireland. Pat and Anne O'Farrell have produced their cheeses on their farm in County Cork since 1988 using milk from their Friesian cow herd. Today, the O'Farrell family business has grown into a leading producer of artisan cheese found across all Irish retailers and beyond. The naturally smoked cheese has received numerous accolades in various international cheese awards.
St Tola goats cheese is a range of handmade goat's milk cheese made in Inagh, County Clare. A range of cheese are produced varying from fresh soft cheese to a Gouda style hard cheese.
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Clonmore is a hard cheese made from goat's milk, with a waxed rind. It originates from Charleville, County Cork in Ireland and is produced by Tom and Lena Biggane on their farm outside Newtownshandrum since 2001.
Gleann Gabhra is a small award-winning Irish cheese company owned by Dominic and Fionnuala Gryson located in Macetown near the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland, producing a single cheese, Tara Bán, a mild-flavoured goat's Cheddar with a firm texture and brilliant white colour. Dominic and Fionnuala Gryson began producing cheese here in 2010 using pasteurised milk from his herd of goats.
Fivemiletown Creamery is based in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and is a producer of handmade speciality soft cheeses and cheddars The company is a farmers' co-operative, and employs around 40 people. The creamery draws its milk supplies mostly from over 60 dairy farmers from across Northern Ireland. The company was founded in 1898 and added cheese production in 1972. Fivemiletown Creamery is the only speciality cheese maker in Northern Ireland. In 2014 Fivemiletown Creamery was acquired by Dale Farm.
Abbey Cheese is an Irish cheese manufacturer, making'-milk and goats'-milk cheeses in Portlaoise, in the Midlands of Ireland.
Ardagh Castle is an Irish cheese producer owned by Gwynfor Owen and Christine Owen. It is located on their farm at Baltimore, County Cork. Founded by Judy Wotton, the current owners acquired Ardagh Castle in 2014 and have continued to make cheese in the same way. Three types of cheese are made. All are farmhouse cheeses, handmade using raw milk sourced from their small herd of Anglo-Nubian goats. Production of the cheese is very small and it is sold at Skibbereen farmers market.
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- ↑ "Ardsallagh Goats Products" . Retrieved 2011-11-17.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Glynn Anderson; John McLaughlin (August 2011). Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland: A Celebration. The Collins Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-84889-121-0 . Retrieved 13 November 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Ardsallagh Goat Farm - Members - CAIS - The Irish Farmhouse Cheesemakers Association". Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2011-11-17.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Bord Bia Irish Cheese Booklet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-26.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "British Cheese Awards 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-17.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)[ permanent dead link ]
