Cheesemakers use a variety of sales channels to sell their cheese. These are summarised for each cheesemaker in a downloadable list of cheesemakers
Farm Shops
The following cheesemakers have their own farmshops, however many have been closed during the current crisis – see their websites for details.
Burren Gold, Cashel, Castlefarm, Cleire Goats, Corleggy, Dart, Dingle Goats, Dizzy Goats, Durrus, Knockdrinna, Mike’s Fancy Cheese, O’Briens, Toons Bridge (Macroom and Dublin), Wilma’s Cheese.
Online Sales from the Cheesemaker
A growing number of cheesemakers, some spurred on the by Covid-19 crisis, now do online sales on their own websites. Simply go online , select and pay for your cheese which is then delivered to you. The following all have online sales on their websites or will have shortly:
Bo Rua Farmhouse Cheese, Ballylisk, Burren Gold, Carlow Farmhouse Cheese, Cashel Farmhouse Cheese, Corleggy Cheese, Coolattin Cheddar, Cratloe, Dart, Donegal Farmhouse Cheese, Dozio Cheese Durrus Cheese, Galway Goat Cheese, Gubbeen, Hegarty’s Cheese, Knockdrinna, Knockanore, Kylemore Farmhouse Cheese, Milleens, Sabanero St Tola Goats Cheese, Toons Bridge Dairy, Velvet Cloud (Rockfield Cheese)
Carrigaline (via Irish Gourmet)
Other cheesemakers take orders by phone or email and either deliver themselves or arrange for delivery via third parties. These include some of the smaller cheese makers such as Anna’s Dairy, Ballinrostig Cheese, Dozio Cheese, Minas, Once Upon a Cheese, etc
Online Sales via Third Party
This is as easy as if you were buying from them direct. Place your order, pay and expect the delivery.
Carrigaline, Cooleeney, Durrus, Gubbeen, Knockanore, Sheridan’s 15, Wicklow
Bo Rua, Cratloe, Durrus, Gubbeen, Macroom, St Tola, Wicklow
Ballylisk, Cahills, Cais na Tire, Carrigaline, Cashel, Coolattin, Coolea, Cooleeney, Corleggy, Cratloe, Durrus, Fermoy, Gubbeen, Killeen, Knockanore, Mike’s Fancy, Milleen, St Tola, Wicklow.
Ardsallagh, Cais na Tire, Cashel, Coolea, Cooleeney, Corleggy, Cratloe, Durrus, Gubbeen, Hegarty, Killeen, Milleens, Wicklow
Ardsallagh, Bally Goats, Bluebell Falls, Cahills, Carrigaline, Cashel, Cooleeney, Cratoe, Durrus, Fivemiletown Boilie, Gubbeen, Killeen, Knockanore, Macroom, Milleens, Old Irish, St Tola, Wicklow
Ardsallagh, Ballyhubbock, Cahills, Cais na Tire, Cashel, Coolea, Cooleeney, Boyne Valley, Derg, Durrus, Gubbeen, Hegarty, Killeen, Knockanore, Mike’s Fancy Cheese, Milleens, Sheridan’s 15, St Tola, Wicklow
Carrigaline, Cooleeney, Fivemiletown Boilie, Knockanore, St Tola, Wicklow
These are the ones available online – others are available in store
Carrigaline, Cashel, Cooleeney, Fivemiletown Boilie, Milleens, Old Irish, Wicklow
These are the ones available online – others are available in store
Farmers Markets
Many cheesemakers sell their cheese through their local farmers market. Click on their Website or Facebook Page for details. These include:
Ardsallagh, Ballinrostig, Bally Goat, Ballyhubbock, Bellingham, Blues Creamery, Clonmore, Cloonconra, Coolattin, Coolea, Cooleeney, Dart, Derreenaclaurig, Galway Goats, Gubbeen, Hegarty’s, Killeen, Knockalara, Macroom, McCarthys, Once Upon a Cheese, Springfield, St Tola, Toons Bridge.
Straw Bale Cheeses attend many Farmers Markets in and around Cork selling Irish Farmhouse Cheeses including the Neighbourhood Food Markets at Ballymaloe (East Cork), Bantry, Kinsale, Lisavaird, Macroom and Skibbereen.
Flying Cheese Brigade, Co Clare similarly attend the Neighbourhood Food Markets in Limerick and Attyflin, Co Limerick
Specialist Cheese/Food Shops
Dublin has several specialist food shops, outside of Dublin…
Sheridans Cork (Dunnes – Douglas), Dublin, Galway, Kells – Co Kildare, Limerick (Dunnes), Naas (Dunnes), Waterford (Ardkeen)
On The Pigs Back Cork English Market and Cork Douglas and at NeighbourhoodFood Markets
Iago Cork
Country Choice Nenagh Co.Tipperary, Milk Market Limerick
The Little Cheese Shop Dingle, Co Kerry
Urru Bandon, Co Cork
Fine Wine and Food Company Athlone, Co Westmeath
La Fromagerie Limerick
McCambridges Galway
The Cheese Shop Tralee, Co Kerry
Red Earth Mullingar
The Cheese Press Ennistymon, Co Clare
The Village Greengrocer Castlemartyr, Co Cork
General Retailers
Some have specialist cheese counters eg Aldi, Ardkeen, Avoca, Centra, Dunnes, Eurostar, Lidl, Supervalu, Tesco, etc Others may sell their local cheesemaker’s produce in their local shop. Check the retailer nearest to your favourite cheesemaker.
Neighbourhood Food Markets
These are virtual farmers markets many are only recently established. You join by clicking on neighbourhoodfood.ie and choosing a local market. Order your cheese in advance and then collect on the day, time and place arranged for the market. Some markets also deliver. These are setting up all the time and attracting new producers. The following sell cheese:
Abbeyleix, Attyflin – Limerick, Ballymahon, Ballydehob – Cork, Ballymaloe – E Cork, Belturbet, Bluebell – Dublin, Callan, Carlow, Carrigeen – Kilkenny, Clonmel – Tipperary, Cork City, Dingle – Cork, Douglas – Cork, Drimoleague, Dun Laoghaire, Ennis – Clare, Enniscorthy – Wexford, Glasnevin – Dublin, Kinsale, Limerick, Lisavaird – Cork, Macroom, Mullingar – W Meath, Oranmore – Galway, Owning – Kilkenny, Skibbereen, Toons Bridge – Cork, Watergrass hill – Cork
Below is a list of which cheesemakers attend which Neighbourhood Food markets.
| Cheesemaker | Market1 | Market2 | Market3 | Market4 | Market5 | Market6 | Market7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardsallagh | Ballymaloe, E Cork | Watergrass hill, Cork | |||||
| Ballinrostig | Ballymaloe, E Cork | ||||||
| Ballyhubbock | Carlow | Dun Laoghaire | Glasnevin, Dublin | Grangecon, Co Wickow | |||
| Carlow | Carlow | Enniscorthy, Wexford | Owning, Kilkenny | Skibbereen | |||
| Carrigaline | Douglas, Cork | Kinsale | |||||
| Cashel | Callan | Carlow | Carrigeen, Kilkenny | Clonmel, Tipperary | |||
| Coolattin | Carlow | ||||||
| Coolea | Toons Bridge, Cork | ||||||
| Cooleeney | Abbeyleix | Callan | Carrigeen, Kilkenny | Clonmel, Tipperary | Glasnevin, Dublin | Mullingar, W Meath | Rathcoole |
| Corleggy | Ballymahon, W Meath | Dun Laoghaire | Mullingar, W Meath | ||||
| Cratloe | Attyflin, Limerick | Belturbet, Co Cavan | Ennis | Limerick | Oranmore, Galway | Rathcoole | |
| Dinble Goats Cheese | Dingle | ||||||
| Durrus | Ballydehob, Cork | Bantry | Drimoleague | Kinsale | |||
| Galway Goat Farm | Oranmore, Galway | ||||||
| Glenilen | Drimoleague | Lisavaird, Cork | Skibbereen | ||||
| Gubbeen | Ballydehob, Cork | Bantry | Cork City | Skibbereen | |||
| Knocknalara | Ballymaloe, E Cork | Douglas, Cork | Watergrass hill, Cork | ||||
| Kylemore | Oranmore, Galway | ||||||
| Macroom | Drimoleague | Lisavaird, Cork | Macroom | Skibbereen | Watergrass hill, Cork | ||
| Mossfield | Bluebell, Dublin | ||||||
| O'Briens | Attyflin, Limerick | Limerick | |||||
| St Tola | Attyflin, Limerick | Dun Laoghaire | Ennis | Glasnevin, Dublin | Kinsale | Limerick | Lisavaird, Cork |
| The Little Milk Company | Rathcoole | ||||||
| Toons | Attyflin, Limerick | Ballymaloe, E Cork | Dingle, Cork | Kinsale | Toons Bridge, Cork |