In The Media

Happy New Year to all our customers

12 January, 2024

Happy New Year to all our customers! Many thanks for all your support over Christmas! We had a very busy season this year. 
Our on-line shop is back up and running again after the winter break https://st-tola-irish-goat-cheese.myshopify.com/

and we are looking forward to getting some maintenance jobs around the farm completed before kidding season and the great circle of life starts all over again in early February! We are looking forward to the great retail exposition at the Cliffs of Moher on the 19th February and  making lovely collaborations with loyal customers!

 

We are also taking bookings for private and group tours for 2023. More and more folk are keen to see where their food comes from and coming here to visit the farm and get a tasting of our cheese and fuller understanding of Irish Food Culture is a great place to start.  Click here for more information:  https://www.st-tola.ie/irishcheese/visting-our-goat-farm

Siobhan at UCC and Winter

8 November, 2023

We are delighted to announce that Siobhán will be speaking at a special seminar at UCC to celebrate+ discuss the rich culture+ history of artisanal cheeses in Ireland. The event is supported by CAIS the Irish Cheese Makers Association.

This Friday November 10th from 6.30 to 9pm Block A, Level 1, Food Science Bld, UCC

Winter has set in here at the farm at St Tola - we are still very busy however! We are preparing our Christmas cheeses including St Tola with Cranberry Logs, Divine and Crottin and also our very special St Tola Gold. Our on-line shop is fully open also! https://st-tola-irish-goat-cheese.myshopify.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burren Winterage and Food Fayre 2023 / Public Tour!

25 October, 2023

We are delighted to be part of this incredible annual event!

On Sunday, the 29th of October, you are invited to join the Burren Winterage Cattle Drive & Burren Food Fayre. The Cattle drive walk is a community walk with a Burren farming family as they walk their cattle to the winter pastures. This an amazing and unique event and an experience not be missed! 

Please bear in mind that this is a challenging walk of 6kms in total with a steep incline in the initial section of the walk. The walk is also on an uneven path and so unsuitable for buggies.

Cattle Drive attendees will also be able enjoy the Burren Food Fayre before and after the walk- where there will be a chance to 'taste the Burren' through food tastings from the Burren's best food producers. There will also be tea, coffee and scones on offer before the walk (we encourage you to bring your own mug!), and hazel sticks to help people on their way.

PLEASE NOTE: NO DOGS ALLOWED.

Admission: €5 for Burrenbeo Members and Burren Pine Project Supporters / €10 for non-members. Under 18s go free but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Numbers are limited so booking a place through the link below is essential.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/burrenbeotrust/1024872

 

We are also opening up the doors to the farm for a public tour Wednesday 1st November at 11.30! Tour includes a visit to the goats, milking parlour, a simple cheeesemaking demonstration and a taste of all our fine cheeses! €15/ adults, €8 children or €35 family ticket.  Please let us know you are coming with a quick email to info@st-tola.ie 

Siobhán 

Food on the Edge Ambassador

20 September, 2023

I feel privileged and  honoured to have been selected alongside these unique folks  as Food Ambassador for the 2023 Food on the The Edge Symposium! 

Food on the Edge International is a two-day symposium that takes place annually in Ireland. It is for chefs & food enthusiasts all around the world who want to create a better global network.

I look forward to meeting everyone next month at Airfield Estate, Dundrum in Dublin on Mon 16th & Tues 17th October 2023.

More details on Food on the Edge can be found https://foodontheedge.ie/

Public Tours

19 September, 2023

We are opening up the farm to a public tour on Wednesday 1st November at 11.30! You'll get to meet our lovely goats, learn all about farming and cheesemakeing and taste all our delicious awardwinning cheeses! €15/ adults €8/children or €35/family ticket please let us know if you are coming along and drop us an email on info@st-tola.ie 

Private tours are available to book through the autumn and winter, drop us an email at info@st-tola.ie to book.  

 

 

St Tola Events!

13 September, 2023

We are delighted to be doing some super events in the next few weeks and we hope to see some of our lovely customers! 

Brian will be up near his home place in Kells at the Sheridans Festival in Co Meath on Sunday 24th September. This is always a great day out and a highlight for all foodies around the country. More details can be found on https://sheridanscheesemongers.com/sheridans-annual-irish-food-festival/

The following weekend, 29th September to 1st October, Siobhán will be attending the Irish Food awards at Blas na hEireann  and also Dingle Food Festival in Dingle Co Kerry. She will be at the Burren Ecotourism Tent and its a great chance to come and taste food from around Ireland but most importantly from Co.Clare! Details for the Dingle Food Festival are here https://www.dinglefood.com/ and for Blás https://www.irishfoodawards.com/

The end of October heralds another turn of the year as we go into our winter months. Unfortunately this means here our milk does stop to drop naturally with the darkening days and we have had to make the difficult  decision to stop making our Greek style and Gold Cheeses until next spring.  However the good news is that of course here in County Clare we like to have celebrate these changes in the seasons also! The Burren Winterage Festival take place on the Bank Holiday weekend and the annual Winterage walk will take place this year starting and ending at the Michael Cusack Centre in Carron where we and lots of other Burren producers will meeting customers old and new at the Burren Food Fayre. More details and a weblink for this will be up soon.  

And finally, if you miss us at all those events and  you'd like to come along and have a look at the farm, we are opening up the farm to a public tour on Wednesday 1st November at 11.30! You'll get to meet our lovely goats, learn all about farming and cheesemakeing and taste all our delicious awardwinning cheeses! €15/ adults €8/children or €35/family ticket please let us know if you are coming along and drop us an email on info@st-tola.ie 

 

 

AUTUMN NEWS!

30 August, 2023

St Tola were delighted to win 2 Gold Stars at the prestigious Great Taste Awards in London in August for both our St.Tola Ash Log & St.Tola Karst cheese!  These cheeses were created to reflect the landscape of the Burren. It's great for team morale here to get recognition for our all our hard work and dedication.  The judges had some super things to say about our cheese including: 

"The creamy richness is beautifully balanced with a delightful tang"

"So creamy and light in texture, but this is made up for in flavour, so punchy and rich"

"It really does look like limestone Karst! So chic!" 

More lovely comments from the judges can be found on our recognition page

Although we reduce cheese production for the autumn due to lack of our own milk and Irish goats milk in general,  we will continue to produce most of our range of cheeses which are available to buy directly at the farm or at our on-line shop.

Our very popular farm tours & cheese tastings are available for booking throughout the autumn with a number of public tours coming up over the next few months & during Hallowe'en break. 

St. Tola will be exhibiting at Sheridans Food Festival in Co. Meath on the 24th of September and again at Blas na hEireann & Dingle Food Festival from 29th Sept to 1st of October. These are both very enjoyable events and well worth travelling for! 

We were delighted to have a crew from the USA visit us here earlier during the year and the show "From Ireland with Love" can be seen on PBS or NBR on rotation for the next two years! It give us great exposure and also the area and commuity in which we live and work. Click here for a little snippet! 

Come and see us in the autumn!

Siobhán 

 

Public Tour Dates

23 June, 2023

Summer is in full swing here at St Tola Goat Farm. 

We are delighted to announce some dates for our public tours.   Tours will start at 11.30am sharp.  Tours will include a visit to the sheds to see our beautiful goats, hear a talk on farming, feeding and breeding.  Visitors will also get to taste our range of award winning cheeses including our newest cheese St Tola Karst, which is named for its resemblance to the amazing limestone Karst landscape in the Burren! Prices from €15/adult and €8/child. If possible, please let us know you are coming on info@st-tola.ie more info will be available on our social media shortly!
Dates are : 

Fridays July 7th, 14th and 28th and Wednesday 19th .

We hope to see some of you very soon!

Summer is coming!

10 May, 2023

Summer time is nearly here and most of our kidding has now finished for the season. We have been really busy with jobs around the farm including a new road into the yard, bless the work of our fine men! Our goats are finally onto eating fresh grass that they love and hopefully we will see a big upswing in milk production.

This week is Irish Raw Milk Cheese week - the first week dedicated to hightlighting the amazing and oft overlooked raw milk cheeses that we make here in Ireland. A huge number of great cheesemongers and delicatessens around Ireland will be joining us in celebration and more details can be found on http://irishcheese.ie/rawmilkcheeseweek

Siobhán did a great interview with Sharon Noonan at West Limerick 102fm this week to promote the week  and you can listen back to the podcast here; https://sharonnoonan.com/2023/05/09/9-may-2023-siobhan-ni-ghairbhith-irish-raw-milk-cheese-week/

The 22nd of May sees the Slow Food Clare Festival in Lisdoonvarna. We will not be in the market this year, but there are is host of great events around North Clare and we hope to see our cheese highlighted on a number of great venues including The Roadside in Lisdoonvarna. All details can be found on https://www.slowfoodclare.com/

 

Siobhán x 

Waiting for our goats to Kid!

17 January, 2023

The first few weeks of January are about the only down time we have here on the farm at St Tola. It is a chance for us to get some essential jobs done and maybe a few days off before kidding starts. This year, we have around 96 nanny goats waiting to kid in approx 2 weeks time Goats normally give birth to twins (though sometimes it can be triplets!) so it is a super busy period for the farm with around 200 babys expected! Of course with kidding comes lots of delicious milk ready to be made into our fabulous cheese.  

Our on-line shop is back up and running again after the winter break so log on here to order cheese and selection boxes for your loved ones for St Bridgets Day! https://st-tola-irish-goat-cheese.myshopify.com/

We are also taking bookings for private and group tours for 2023. Click here for more information:  https://www.st-tola.ie/irishcheese/visting-our-goat-farm  and email us at info@st-tola.ie to book

Siobhán 

Enjoying the Cuimhneamh An Chlair event here at St Tola

Awards & Cuimhneamh An Chlair

31 August, 2022

We are delighted to say that we have won two awards over the summer, a Gold for each of our Classic Log and Ash log and we have been listed as finalists for the Blas na hEireann Awards to be announced at the end of September!

 It is great recognition for our team here and we are looking forward to the events in Dingle as the awards have not been hosted live since 2019!

On Saturday 20th August 2022 we hosted a really lovely event here for Cuimhneamh An Chlair (Memories of Clare) we were joined by loads of our lovely locals who talked, showed and demonstrated lots of older farming and traditional cooking methods like cutting with the sythe and griddle baking. We had  few tunes and songs too! Many many thanks to all involved for organising this.  We will have a small gallery of photos of the fun had on the day - here is the link to this https://www.st-tola.ie/node/946

 

 

 

Virtual Burren Food Fayre 2020

7 February, 2022

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the Burren Food Fayre was run virtually. We teamed up with the lively Maeve Sheridan from Western Herd Brewery to taste some great local cheeses and local beers together!

More information on  Western Herd Brewery can be found on https://www.westernherd.com/

 

 

Bia Dúchas from TG4 featuring St. Tola Irish Goat Cheese

7 February, 2022

St Tola in Burren Ecotourism

7 February, 2022

St Tola Goat Farm : The Farm, the Cheesehouse and the Tours

16 November, 2021

This beautiful film shows the very best of St Tola Farming and Cheesemaking and was made to celebrate our great sucesses at 2021 awards for cheesemaking. 

 

St Tola Wins 3 Stars at the Great Taste Awards 2021!

22 September, 2021
*** Beyond delighted to have received news that our St Tola Ash has won 3 Stars- at the Great Taste Awards!!!**** Over 14,000 foods were entered into this year's awards, less than 2%win 3 Star awards.. we will just let that sink in for a bit.... A few things the judges had to say about our cheese.. "Fresh farmyard aromas with the mildest hint of goat...melts on the palate, leaving a fresh creamy dairyness..A triumph of a cheese.." "Stunning artisan appearance....it's a fabulous cheese..." "The ash rind is a thing of beauty...What a joy!" Phew...we might have to sit down + have some cheese + watch Brian in this fabulous video by @lou.kevin.filming on the making of our Ash Log. Seriously though, it's a great award to receive + it's super for all the team at St Tola to get such prestigious recognition.

 

Spring is in the Air

16 August, 2021

Our ladies have been very busy in the last few months and we are delighted to have lots of lovely kids on farm at the moment! We are really missing our visitors like all the members of the Burren Ecotourism and Burren Food Trail, hopefuly we will be able to welcome some of you back to our place later in the year. We have also been busy in the cheesehouse and we are delighted with our new St Tola Gold, fine chunks of Greek style cheese in Newgrange Gold Oil with Chilli and Garlic and Peppercorns, have a look at the product page to see all our great cheeses. 

Siobhán spoke at length with J.P. McMahon last week as part of Food on the Edge 2021, the podcast is available to listen to here , it's a long and really interesting conversation that runs from discussing monks in the middle ages to the emerging artisan food movement in the 1990's!  So settle back with a plate of cheese and a glass of wine! 

We also have lots of great videos so have a look on our media page on https://www.st-tola.ie/news

Burren Video

31 March, 2021

Beer and Cheese Tastings

13 October, 2020
St Tola’s Cheese and Beer Tasting Notes   When it comes to pairing food and beer, you can either compliment the flavours or contrast them. Taste buds are as individual as a fingerprint, so two people taste the same. There is no right or wrong pairing. They are a few classical pairings but again, everyone is different. Sweet and salty pairings, effervescent and creamy textures and matching intensity should all be considered when pairing beers and cheese.   St Tola’s Goat’s Cheese & Western Herd Blue Jumper IPA This is a pairing that on paper should not work; pairing a delicate cheese with a powerful IPA. But it is so good. The bitterness of the IPA cuts through the soft creamy texture of the goat’s cheese without overpowering the elegant cheese. The bitterness of the beer is the perfect counterbalance for the rich cheese. The carbonation of the beer melts into the creamy goat cheese to cleanse the palate while the acidity refreshes the palate.   St. Tola’s Hard Cheese & Western Herd Atlantic Red Ale The sweet honey and malty, breadiness of the beer is so good with the nutty flavours of the cheese. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter, classic and timeless. The toasty malts combined with the cheese create an almost praline effect. Beer and cheese work in harmony and it is oh so good!!!   St. Tola’s Greek Style Irish Goat’s Cheese & Western Herd Back Beat Witbier The salty, briney cheese is not going to be dominated and works well with lighter dishes. While the beer is light and full of character, the understated witbier allows the cheese to star. The sweetness of the orange peel in the Belgian style beer pairs perfectly with the salty feta. 

St Tola Autumn News

5 October, 2020
We were delighted to announce that we won a Gold Star at The Great Taste Awards for our St Tola Log! It is a great boost to our team here to be able to have something to celebrate after a difficult year so far. The log is available on deli counters at all good Supervalus, cheesemongers and delicatessens around the country as well as pre packed as the Original in our new green tub.  We were due to have a market stall  and offer a tour of our farm with the The Ennis Food and Drink Fleadh https://clarefooddrinkfleadh.ie/ is once again due this weekend 10th and 11th October, however due to current COVID restrictions, these two events have now been cancelled.  We have been making our yummy hard cheese once again and this is now available in our on line shop and in all good gourmet shops in Ireland.  https://st-tola-irish-goat-cheese.myshopify.com/ We are so thankful for the amazing support that our customers have given to us and other Irish producers in the last few months.  Above all we want you all to stay happy, safe and healthy.   Siobhán and all the crew at St Tola.  

 

 

New Ways to Order St Tola

4 April, 2020

In the past week, we have been working with a number of local and national initiatives to try and boost our retails sales in these strange times we live in! We have lots of new ways to order St Tola and other lovely gourmet goodies on-line for home delivery and pick up at farmers markets these include : 

Burren Smokehouse are offering two Burren Baskets that include Burren Smoked Salmon and St Tola and locally produced puddings https://www.burrensmokehouse.com/burren-food-trail-basket-medium

Clare Local Delivery : Delivery to North Clare on a Friday for a range of goods and gourmet cooked meals including artisan bread, fresh vegetables and St Tola Cheese https://deliverclare-801f.gr8.com

Neighbour Food is a new way to do your weekly farmers market shopping in one go! Join your local market, pick and pay for your goods and pick up at the specified time! St Tola now selling for Limerick market (pick up on a Thursday eve) and Glasnevin (pick up on a Saturday) https://www.neighbourfood.ie

Hussey Fruit and Veg in Dubin are a 4th generation distributoer of Fruit and Vegetables in Dublin. They do amazing home deliveries and are now supplying a range of gourmet and dairy products including St Tola!  see@jtattshotmailc1  on Twitter or ring 01 8644300 for details

And of course our on-line shop! We only launched this this last week and have been blown away by the response! The link is up the top of the page, delivery by courier is included and its great value! Thank you to all our loyal customers

Finally, have a listen to Siobhans interview with Brendan O'Connor this morning 4th April discussing the effects of COVID 19 on the Farmhouse Cheese Industry 

https://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/share/radio1/21745345

Be Safe

26 March, 2020

We wish all our loyal customers a safe time during this Covid19 crisis. As we can't find the off switch on our goats,  we have reduced our production of soft cheeses and we will soon be making our St Tola Hard Cheese. Please support Irish food producers at this critical time. Our soft cheeses are available on a 20% discount from today at Supervalus Nationwide! Stay safe. from Siobhan and all the crew at St Tola x

in the meantime, here is Petru our Farm manager and some lovely kids from earlier in the year! x 

St Tola Irish Goats Cheese

26 February, 2020

Spring has sprung and there is kidding to beat the band out on the farm! We had a very succesful public tour last Friday, loads of people came with their 2 legged kids to see our 4 legged ones and a great time was had by all! We will do another tour again at Easter so watch out for dates here and on social media.  

In other news we are on promotion with our logs, divine, original and greek in all Supervalus across Ireland until Wednesday 4th March and Gráinne had a great time meeting customers old and new in Supervalu Castletroy a few weeks ago. 

Come along this Friday from 11am to 3pm to Sheridans in Galway - our Gráinne will once again be tasting out our cheeses to all you Galweigans! Also Siobhán will be in Sheridans in Cork on the Sheridans counter in Dunnes in Bishopstown.  

 

 

Public Tour

18 February, 2020

Mid term Goat Therapy! So our kids can meet your kids come along to our public tour this Friday 31st February at 10.30am! Its a one hour tour and you get to see our lovely goats and kids and taste all our delicious goats cheese! €10 adults, €5children or €30 for a family of 2 adults and 3 children. All welcome!

Christmas News!

13 December, 2019

What a year at St Tola! Siobhan celebrated her 20th Anniverary in style here at the farm and more visitors came to see us than ever before! 

As our St Tola Ash (which wins all the awards!) is difficult to come by in the market place we have decided to have the farm open to the public from Monday 16th December to Monday 23rd December from 9am to 4pm and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10-12noon.  Pre-order if possible to guarentee orders.  We will have the full range of our St Tola cheeses,  specially designed St. Tola Cheeseboards, Sheridans crackers, & other Irish Farmhouse Cheeses to make up delicious hampers! Ring Carmen or Grainne on 065 683 66 33.

We wish all our customers a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful and Prosperous New Year 2020

PUBLIC TOUR

13 August, 2019

Public Tours are still running here at St Tola! Come along every Wednesday at 10.30am for a tour of the farm, a simple cheesemaking demonstration and a taste of all our cheeses! SSo that is the 14th, 21st and 28th August!  €8 adults, €5 children or €25 family ticket. Great craic whatever the weather!

Awards and more

14 May, 2019

Delighted to announce our St Tola Salad cheese is now available in Dunnes Stores all over Ireland! This is a firm cheese with a salty bite and great in salads and sandwiches! We are also delighted to have won 2 awards at the recent Artisan Cheese Awards in the UK. Silver for the ash log and GOLD for the Classic Log!

Lots of events coming up including Sheridans Food Festival in Meath and the   Taste the Loop Festival in Kilkee Co Clare

 

May Day Open Day

26 April, 2019

We can't promise Brian will be in full pagan gear but come and join us at our May Day Bealtine Public Tour on Wednesday 1st May at10.30 for a one hour tour! €8 adults, €5children €25 family ticket!

Don't just visit the Burren, Taste It!

23 April, 2019

Video from Rebecca Bingham

23 April, 2019

Lovely video from a few years back from visitor Rebecca Bingham!

Easter Open Day

17 April, 2019

Public Tour on Wednesday 24th April, see all our lovely goats and taste our delicious cheese too! Gates open at 10.15am for 1 hour tour starting at 10.30am sharp! €8/adults, €5/children ad €20 family ticket. See you then!

Spring has Sprung

13 March, 2019

Spring has really sprung here at St Tola! Our goats are kidding well and there are lots of lovely babies and of course lovely fresh goat milk and cheese!

Some calendar dates to remember:

Sheridans Cheesemongers Galway 23rd March 11-4pm,

Burren Food Trail Long Table events 07/06, 06/09 and 21/11 see www.Burren.ie/food-dining for more details

Slow Food Clare Festival 11/12 May www.slowfoodclare.cm

Sheridans Food Festival 26/05/2019 www.sheridanscheesemongers.com

Open Day here at St Tola Wednesday 24th April from 10.30 to 12noon! gates open at 10.15 for tour starting sharp at 10.30, €8/adult,  €5/children €20 family ticket

 

 

 

Happy New Year!

18 January, 2019

It might be a little late in January but Happy New Year to all our customers, friends and family! Best wishes and good health to all of you! We are looking forward to 2019 - Siobhan is 20 years in business here in Inagh and we are looking forward to some celebrations here in March! Watch this space as they say!

We are once again open for tours at our farm, we do full farm tours to groups of all sizes so drop us a line on info@st-tola.ie and let us see how we can accomodate you!

We were delighted that so many of our collegues in North Clare in the Burren were featured in Decembers National Geographic! Now the world can really see what delicious foodie wonders we have to offer in our beautiful county!

 

 

Christmas News Letter!

28 November, 2018

What a year it has been for St Tola Goats Cheese! Never before have we won so many awards as 2018!  Firstly the much coverted Irsh Food Writers Guild Environmental Award for our sustainability ethos which we are so very proud of.  St Tola was also one of only 5 Irish Cheesemakers to win 2 Stars at the Great Taste Awards - one of the finest international food competitions in the world!  Our St Tola Ash log also won both Gold at the Blas na hEireann award in Dingle in October and Bronze at the World Cheese awards this month!

As our St Tola Ash (which wins all the awards!) is difficult to come by in the market place we have decided to have the farm open to the public from Monday 3rd December to Friday 21st December from 9am to 4pm and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10-12noon.  Pre-order if possible to guarentee orders.  We will have the full range of our St Tola cheeses, including the rare and just released St Tola Hard Cheese, specially designed St. Tola Cheeseboards, Sheridans crackers, Burren Kitchen Garden Winter Jelly & other Irish Farmhouse Cheeses to make up delicious hampers! Ring Carmen or Grainne on 065 683 66 33.

GOLD AT Blas na hEireann

10 October, 2018

Delighted to have won Gold at the this years Blas na hEireann Awards this year for our Ash Log! Also Silver for our Raw Milk! A great boost to the team and well done to all the finalists and organisers for such a great Food Festival in Dingle this year!

 

If you would like to taste our award winning cheeses please join us on our public tours Weds and Fri at 2.30pm €15.00 per head adults or €6 children.

Hope to see some of you at the Burren Food Fayre in Lisdonvarna on the 30th October!

GOLD AT Blas na hEireann 2021

10 October, 2018

Delighted to have won Gold at the this years 2021 Blas na hEireann Awards this year for our Ash Log! Also Silver for our Raw Milk! A great boost to the team and well done to all the finalists and organisers for such a great Food Festival in Dingle this year!

 

 

Autumn News!

26 September, 2018

We had a super busy summer here at St Tola and we are now looking forward to some great events coming up this Autumn.

Our delicious logs, divine and greek style are on special offer at Supervalu right now - so get your cheese while stocks last!

Siohan will be representing us the first Cork Cheese Festival this weekend. The Cork Cheese Fair will be held at the Cork Aiport Hotel this Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5.30pm. There will be a huge range of Irish Cheesemakers and more details on www.corkcheeseweek.com 

Sinead from The Cheese Press in Ennistymon wll also be attending a special market this Sunday dedicated to cheese at The Fumbally Market in Dublin as part of it's 2018  eat-ith festival more details www.eat-ith.com

We will also be opening our doors for some public open tours here at farm...details to follow!

 

 

Tour Dates for St Tola

23 August, 2018

Just a reminder to all that we are not taking any farm tours until Wednesday 5th September. We will book dates after that if you contact us by e-mail info@st-tola.ie  Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays only! Thanks!

OPEN DAY!

24 July, 2018

OPEN MORNING !  Come along to our public open session, Wednesday 24th July for a tour of the farm, tasting and lovely cuddles with our kid goats! Gates open at 10.30am for a tour at 10.45 sharp, adults €8, 2 legged kids €5 and family ticket €20. All welcome for a great morning out!

Spring has Sprung

14 February, 2018

Spring has sprung here after a very long, cold and wet winter. We are finally starting to see some kids on the farm, it so beautiful to see them with their mothers and of course we are looking forward to some great spring milk and some super fresh goat cheese!

We are delighted to have teamed up with Cully and Sully, fabulous Irish soup makers to launch this delicious Beetroot and St Tola Goat cheese Soup. Yum Yum! It's very pretty too, a  gourgeous pink colour and just perfect for Valentines Day! Available from today in all good shops!

 

 

World Cheese Awards 2018 Best Overall Irish Cheese!

23 November, 2017

We are delighted here to announce that we have won awards at the 2017-18 World Cheese Awards

Our lovely Ash Log won Best in Class and Overall Best Irish Cheese!

Great news and a super boost to the team here just before Christmas!

 

Siobhan x

FOTE lunch

25 October, 2017

STAR STUDDED CHEFS AND JOURNALISTS LUNCH IN THE BARN AT ST TOLA GOAT FARM INAGH.

On Thursday 12th October 2017 we were delighted to host a mixture of 55 international Michelin starred chefs, journalists, academics, authors and food influencers, to a 5 course lunch, in the barn at St Tola Goat Cheese!

The meal was organised as an excursion following the “Food on the Edge” International Symposium that had been held in Galway on Monday and Tuesday.
Guests included JP McMahon (organiser of Food on the Edge and Chef from Aniar Galway), Michellin starred chefs Bo Bech and Elise Kornad and food journalists Kat Kinsmann and Joanna Blythman.

The laid back goats at St Tola looked on as the lunch was prepared by Peter Jackson and Carol O’Brien from the Armada Hotel Spanish Point, and Viv Kelly from Kierans Kitchen at The Roadside Tavern in Lisdoonvarna. The menu consisted of a starter of St Tola Goat Cheese with salad and vegetables from the Armada Farm, a main course of slow cooked goat curry and a dessert of Goats Milk ice cream. A cheese course of St Tola Goats cheeses was presented with preserves from the Burren Kitchen Garden, coffee from Anam Coffee, wines from the Wicklow Way Wines and beers from the Western Herd Beer Compan
We were deeply honoured to have hosted this meal at the very heart of our farm and hope that our visitors left with not only with a full stomach, but also a lasting impression in Ireland of the connection between our food and the land.

We were also delighted to have been awarded 2 awards at the recent Blas na hEireann awards in Dingle recently Gold for our delicious raw milk, and silver for Dunnes Stores St Tola Cream Cheese!

News...

20 September, 2017

If you get down to Lidl before the Sunday 24th September, you will be able to buy St Tola Divine instore in Lidl nationwide as part of the KICKSTART Lidl promotion - plenty of other amazing Irish products too! Our Divine is also available in Dunnes stores, Tesco and Supervalu also. Watch out for Grainne in Dunnes in Ennis this Friday and Saturday!

We have had a great summer welcoming visitors here at St Tola, but our public sessions have now finished up for the season. If you like to book a private tour or join one of our pre-booked tours, please send us an e-mail on info@st-tola.ie.

Public Sessions

30 August, 2017


We have had a very busy summer here at St Tola! We had Public tour sessions on a Wednesday morning and due to popular demand, we will continue them for September! Tour includes a tour of the goats, a look at the milking parlour, a cheesemaking demo and a full tasting of all our awardwinning goats cheeses. €8 adults, €5 children and €20 family ticket.

We have also launched our St Tola Divine into Dunnes Stores! Grainne willl be doing regular tastings so keep your eye on Facebook for more details and dates.

Finally, we do hope that some of you made it to the Fleadh in Ennis! We certainly did! The photo here is Siobhan being interviewed as part of TG4 coverage of this great event. !

 

 

Open Tour Dates

30 June, 2017

Due to popular demand, we are going to be having Open Tour dates here at St Tola Goat Farm from this Wednesday the 5th July and every Wednesday in July and August. Tours will start at 10.30am sharp and will include a tour of the farm and a cheese making demonstration with tasting. Adults €8, children €5 family ticket (2 adults and 2 children €20. Tours wil start prompt at 10.30 so make sure you are on time! We are just off the main Ennistymon to Ennis road and well sign posted.

Hope to see some of ye on Wednesday!

Siobhan

 

Rare Breeds and Pancakes

27 February, 2017

Have you been watching Rare Breed on TV3 on Tuesdays at 7.30pm? Here's a chance to catch up on a recent episode (7th February) its the April edition as the series follows 12 farms around Ireland throughout the farming year. Our Siobhan and Petru are on from about 2mins 15 seconds!

http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/1100

Other episodes are available on the TV3 player

Don't forget tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday and officially the tastiest day of the year and heres a few ideas for you pancakes and to whet your appetite!

+Caramelised apple slices,  St Tola and thyme leaves

+Onion marmalade, St Tola and pepery rocket leaves

+Blackberry chutney, crumbled up cooked black pudding and St Tola

+Honey, butter fried pear slices, lots of freshly ground black pepper and St Tola

Our farm shop will be opening this Wednesday from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday. If you want to call to the farm at the weekend there will be someone there from 10 to 12 noon only (no Bank Hols!) Our full range of cheeses are available as well as raw and pasteurised milk. 

Yum Yum! 

Rare Breeds!

11 January, 2017

In case you missed it, we delighted to announce that St Tola are featuring in TV3s monthly farming programme "Rare Breeds" throughout 2017. The first episode was on yesterday at 7.30pm... catch up by watching it on the 3player here! https://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/1100/119541/0/Rare-Breed

World Cheese Awards & Christmas Craft Fair

26 November, 2016

We are delighted to announce that St Tola Ash Log won Gold in its class at the recent World Cheese Awards! It's a great way to end the year and great for the team to get recognition for a great product!

The National Craft Fair at the RDS will be getting under way this coming Wednesday 30th November until Sunday 4th December. It is a stunning show with a log of amazing Irish talent on display. We will be in the Food Emporium so come along say hello and get some fantastic cheeses for Christmas! 

http://www.nationalcraftsfair.ie

See you there 

Siobhan 

Recipes and more....

21 May, 2016

Those lovely people at Sheridans cheesemongers have been happily fiddling with our cheese again! The wonderful Franck has come up with a delicious St Tola and Beetroot Quiche and it is as tasty as it is good looking!

https://hungrybreton.com/2016/05/08/st-tola-and-beetroot-relish-quiche/

Dont forget Sheridans have their big day out, their annual Food Festival in Viriginia Road Station in Co Meath next Sunday 29th May. A feast of fun and food for everyone!

http://sheridanscheesemongers.com/sheridans-annual-irish-food-festival/

Next weekend is also the Annual Burren Slow Food Festival. A superb line up this year includes a champagne and oyster picnic under the Clffs of Moher, Whiskey and Chocolate Tasting, Champagne and Smoked Salmon Tasting,  speakers including JP McMahon and Catherine Cleary as well as the usual producers market and festival banquet. http://www.slowfoodclare.com/festival/

And we are so looking forward to Bloom this year...come and see us with our friends from Cashel Blue 2nd to the 6th June 2016http://www.slowfoodclare.com/festival/

The sun is finally out here in Co Clare so get out and see our beautiful country and get tasting some lovely Irish Food!

Siobhan x 

St Tola featured on RTE's Big Week on the Farm

19 April, 2016

Delighted to have welcomed the television crew to our goat farm to film a segment for RTE's Big Week on the Farm. Check out the video clip!

In The Media | St Tola

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