Hegarty's Cheese

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Hegarty's Cheese
Country of origin Ireland
Region County Cork
Town Whitechurch
Source of milk Friesian Cows
PasteurisedSome

Hegarty's Cheese is an Irish cheese manufacturer making three different cows milk cheese in Whitechurch, County Cork. [1] Hegarty's cheese first started in 2001 by brothers Dan and John Hegarty on the family farm [2] and were joined in 2016 by Jean-Baptiste Enjelvin, a cheesemaker from France. [3] [4]

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