Cahill's Farm Cheese

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Cahill's
Company type Private
Industry Dairy
Founded1902;123 years ago (1902)
FounderDavid Cahill [1]
Headquarters,
Products Cheese
Website cahillscheese.ie
Cahill's Farm Cheese
Country of origin Ireland
Region, town Newcastlewest
Region County Limerick
Town Newcastlewest
Source of milk Cows
Fat content25%
Weight200g, 400g, 1.1kg, 2.2kg

Cahill's Farm Cheese is a maker of handmade cheddar cheese from Newcastlewest County Limerick in Ireland. Cheese has been made on the Cahill family farm since the 1950s, but it was not until the 1980s that Cahill's began commercial cheese production end export. [2] [3] [4]

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Products

All products are made from vintage cheddar cheese and blended with an added flavour. [5] For example the producer's 'Ballintubber Cheese with Chives' is a black waxed cheese flavoured with fresh chives. And the 'Plain Porter Cheese' is a brown waxed cheese flavoured with Guinness. The products are made using vegetarian rennet. [6] [7]

Awards

Cahill's Cheeses has won several international awards. These include:

References

  1. "Our Story". cahillscheese.ie.
  2. "About Cahills Farm Cheese". cahillscheese.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  3. "Inside Track: Helen Cahill of Cahill's Farmhouse Cheese". Irish Times.
  4. "Cahill's Farm Cheese details". irishfoodanddrink.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  5. "Guide to Irish Cheese (Bord Bia)" (PDF). bordbia.ie.
  6. Glynn Anderson; John McLaughlin (2011). Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland: A Celebration. Collins Press. pp. 306–308. ISBN   978-1-84889-121-0.
  7. Margaret M. Johnson (2003). The New Irish Table: 70 Contemporary Recipes . Chronicle Books. p.  17. ISBN   978-0-8118-3387-5.
  8. "Big Wins for 14 Irish Cheeses at International Cheese Awards". fft.ie. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  9. "Fourteen Irish cheeses honoured at International Cheese Awards". farmersjournal.ie.
  10. "Irish cheesemakers win big at 'elite' international event". agriland.ie.
  11. "Limerick farm cheese wins silver at international exhibition". limerickpost.ie.