Welcome you to the day to day life
These tour experiences with Tipperary farmers welcome you to the day to day life of a Food Producer and the processes involved in creating some of Ireland’s finest quality food & drink produce.
For a unique and authentic experience, we welcome you to enjoy a Tipperary Food Tour experience while visiting our beautiful “Premier” county of Tipperary in the heart of Ireland’s Ancient East.
Participants of the tour:
Blackcastle Farms
Welcome to Blackcastle Farm, a biodiversity focused Bord Bia approved farm outside Two Mile Borris, Thurles where John Commins has a herd of purebred Piedmontese cattle. Beef products include traditional beef cuts, beef sausages, Bresaola, Carne Salada, Pastrami and other beef charcuterie.
Farm also has a full programme of workshops in our 200-year-old sustainably restored cow sheds, focused on food and sustainable living. Workshops include seasonal and cultural cooking, smoking, curing, & preserving foods, building a back-yard smoker or clay oven, growing food, herbs and spices, river biodiversity walk, catching and cooking fish, enhancing biodiversity in your space.
Join a workshop, meet new friends and live the dream..
WHEN: All year round by arrangement.
WHERE: Blackcastle Farm, Two Mile Borris, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. E41 TK65.
PRICE: Cost varies for each e.g. ½ day for €80, Full day for €120, 2-day workshops for €230. Workshops include participants sharing a meal with food sourced from Blackcastle Farm and The Tipperary Food Producers.
Brookfield Farm
Brookfield Farm specialises in artisan food delivered direct to you.
From a beautiful landscape running down to the shores of Lough Derg in Co. Tipperary we carefully produce delicious wild flower honey, farm made beeswax candles and tender lambs.
Guests will enjoy a talk on beekeeping and honey tasting. Experience a farm walk through acres of flower meadows on the shores of scenic Lough Derg.
Understand the Irish black bee and the importance of pollinators.
Enjoy beautiful broadleaf trees, magnificent lake views, lovely flower meadows and crops, friendly sheep, birds and wildlife.
Bring home some farm gifts!
WHEN: Summer & Autumn. Pre-Booking Essential.
WHERE: Coolbawn, Nenagh, Tipperary, E45 EA09.
PRICE: €10 Per person. Min. charge of €120 applies.
Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers
Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers is a 100% family owned and managed business. When Louis & Jane Grubb moved back to the family farm in the late 1970s, their ambition was to harness the quality of their sweet, creamy milk to make a traditional farmhouse product, and in doing so to provide a livelihood for their family and locality. From this notion Cashel Blue® was born.
Cashel Blue® continues to be made in a traditional manner by the second generation, Sarah and Sergio Furno. We also make Cashel Blue Organic, Crozier Blue – Ireland’s only Sheep’s milk blue, and Shepherd’s Store, our hard sheep’s milk cheese. Visit us! Book online cashelblue.com
WHEN: Tuesday’s from 10am to 4pm. Booking is required in advance of visit.
WHERE: Cashel Blue Dairy, Fethard, Co. Tipperary, E91 FK84.
PRICE: Tasting Experience: €12.00 per person. Min. charge of €24 to run a tour. Maximum group size of 25 people. Please book in advance
Crossogue Preserves
Crossogue Preserves, a charming artisan jam factory near Holy Cross village. Visitors are welcomed by the founder, Veronica, and have the opportunity to sample a selection from her impressive collection of 120 different preserves. The visit also includes a tour of the jam-making process, a talk about the factory, and a chance to meet the dedicated team behind the jams. After this, guests can enjoy coffee or tea with Crossogue jam and scones, creating a warm, homely atmosphere.This is a wonderful experience for anyone who appreciates locally made, artisanal products!
During your visit to Crossogue Preserves, you’ll have the chance to purchase some of their delicious preserves if you wish. Next, you’ll be taken on a guided tour of Crossogue’s farmlands, nestled in the heart of Tipperary’s Golden Vale, known for its lush, fertile landscape. You can leisurely trek around the farm on a scenic rural path designed for both walkers and horse riders.
The tour provides an opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the rural beauty of Tipperary. Which is an ideal experience for nature and food lovers alike!
WHEN: April to October. Pre-Booking Essential. Subject to Availability.
WHERE: Crossogues Farm, Holycross, E41 W6Y8
PRICE:Visitor Experience: €20.00 per person. Maximum 16 persons. Minimum charge €100. Pre-booking 24 hours in advance is essential via email: [email protected]. Small groups welcome.
Galtee Honey Farm
Honey Farm is situated at the heart of Ireland’s first voluntary conservation area for the Native Irish Black Bee. Taste & Compare 3 of our honeys and our honey mead. (50-60 minutes. Max 20 people).
WHEN: From May to September (Booking Essential)
WHERE: Galtee Honey Farm, Glengarra Wood, Burncourt, Cahir, Co Tipperary, E21 YR64
PRICE: Adults – €8, Children – €4. Minimum charge €80
Beekeeping Visits
Put on beesuit, open a beehive and see bees up close! Taste & Compare 6 of our honeys (3 rare ones not for sale) have a glass of our Honey Mead (optional). Learn about Honey, Beeswax, Propolis, Pollen, The Life of Bees, History & Heritage of beekeeping. (2 hours. Max. 10 people)
WHEN: From May to September (Booking Essential).
WHERE: Galtee Honey Farm, Glengarra Wood, Burncourt, Cahir E21 YR64
PRICE: Adults – €40, Children – €25. Minimum charge €70.
Inch House
Nora and Mairin, mother and daughter, are very passionate women and when it comes to food they are
true to form. Working together they have developed their award-winning Inch House Pudding. The walk will start with an introduction from the family about the house and its history. If it is available we can offer a quick tour of the house. We will then take a short stroll around the farm yard and surrounding lands talking about history, buildings, animals and crops. After your walk you will be welcomed in for some homemade nibbles and treats. Inch House is available as luxury private rental, catered or self-catering.
WHEN: All Year Round. Pre-Booking Essential. Subject
to availability.
WHERE: Either the main house or in the Coachyard
House for food. E41 N2Y5
PRICE: €25 per person. Min. charge €120 Limited to 20 spaces max. Suitable for over 12s.
Magners Farm
Magners Farm is a pasture raised certified organic farm near Horse & Jockey. Kylie and Billy Magner sell eggs reared on lush fields from truly free range hens. Alongside the hens run beef cattle, sheep and pigs – farmed in a holistically managed regenerative agriculture system.
On your visit, take a walk around the farm with Kylie or Billy and learn how the hens are managed to keep their life as natural as possible. See how the hens fit into the holistic farm model and why they are so beneficial to the environment.
WHEN: From mid-February. Pre Booking Essential.
WHERE: Lanespark, Balynonty, E41 PF74
PRICE: Price per person: €12. Min. charge of €120 applies.
Eggs, beef, pork and award winning chicken bone broth on sale.
Sheep Milk Ireland
Crosse Sheep Milk Company is the largest sheep dairy farm in Ireland. They supply artisan cheese-makers, most notably, Cashel Farmhouse Cheese-makers for their Crozier Blue Cheese. Brothers, Michael and Brendan are developing a range of dairy products of their own, the first of which is their Ice cream. The ice-cream can be found for sale at the Rock of Cashel or in some local restaurants
throughout the summer. The Crosse brothers would be delighted to show you around the farm and taste some of the cheeses and ice-creams. There may also be an opportunity to bottle feed lambs and experience a sheep dog trail.
WHEN: Tours on request.
WHERE: Ballinamona, Cashel, Co Tipperary
PRICE: Private tours on request. Pre-Booking Essential. Please contact by email. [email protected].
The Apple Farm
Welcome to The Apple Farm. On our tour you will hear a little about the history of apple growing in Ireland, how the farm came into being, and the crops we grow, as well as ecology and environmental aspects of fruit growing. You will also see how we make juice, cider and vinegar on our farm. A product sampling is also part of the tour.
WHEN: Tours available by prearrangement
for groups of 24 or more people in May, June, July and August. Pre-Booking Essential.
WHERE: Moorstown, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, E21 YX33.
PRICE: Cost of tours is €5.00 per person subject to a minimum charge of €150.00
Tullahay Farm
Come and visit our farm, nestled in the picturesque valley near Slievenamon. Meet the family, see our dairy herd, our milking parlour and farmyard and our cheese production unit.
WHEN: Booking by appointment only by calling Rosemary on 087 2062997.
WHERE: Tullohea, South Lodge,
Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary
PRICE: €10 per person with minimum of €120.00 charge per tour. (1.5 hours) It is an ideal tour for small groups and families and will be mainly outside.
