In The Media
St Tola featured on RTE's Big Week on the Farm
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!
St Tola featuring on RTE's Farm Live
Watch out for St-Tola on 'Farm Live' on RTE 1 Tues 5th of April at 7 p.m.
St Tola featuring in Food & Wine Magazine
We will be featuring in the April edition of Food & Wine Magazine as part of The Burren Food Trail.
Mmmm Pancakes!
Who doesn't love pancakes? So easy to make and an endless variety of toppings and fillings....so here are few new ideas to try with St Tola Goat Cheese,·
Dot each pancake with around 30g of St Tola, 4 caramelised apple slices, (just fry the apples for a few minutes in lots of Irish butter until they start to brown) a few bashed walnuts & a few thyme leaves.
Or spread some good quality red onion marmalade over each pancake, dot with 30g of St Tola & some peppery rocket leaves
Or spread each pancake with about 30g of St Tola Divine, some light Irish honey, & a sprinkle of nuts & dried fruit
Happy Shrove Tuesday!
Siobhan
St Tola in the Sunday Times
We had some super coverage over the weekend in a great article by Katy McGuinness... we are so lucky to be working with such a forward thinking group as Bord Failte. Heres hoping that the 2016 season is a healthy one for all of us.
Have you spotted any St Tola in the Wild?! Have a look at our Facebook page for the latest pictures sent in by chefs and tasters...we love to know what beautiful creations our cheese ends up in!
For those of you really going Wild...have a look out for St Tola in Business Class in Aer Lingus in the month of February - we are delighted to have been chosen again this Spring.
I'll be posting a few nice recipe for Valentines soon - so watch this space!
Siobhan x
St Tola on The Seven O'Clock Show
Did you see The Seven O'Clock Show on TV3 on Wednesday Evening? Chef Gary O'Hanlon made a beautiful and healthy looking Kale and St Tola Salad! For those of you that missed it, here is the link:
http://www.tv3.ie/shows/sevenoclockshow/article/1.65.1323.1324/189724/Ma...
and I will be posting up the recipe later in the week. Can't wait to try it!
Siobhan
Happy New Year
Happy New Year!
I hope that you all had a peaceful and restful Christmas Season and are looking forward to a Happy and Healthy 2016. We had a few little Christmas surprises on the farm, early kids!We were very surprised but they are doing well and looking bonny and healthy.
Chefs and customers alike have been kindly sending in photos of St Tola in the Wild - in other words wonderful creations from Chefs around the country using St Tola in creative ways. Have a look at our Twitter page @StTolaCheese and our Facebook for the latest updates https://www.facebook.com/sainttola/ If you spot St Tola in the Wild - send us in a picture, we love to see what is happening out there!
News broke last week of the latest SuperFood - our very own Black Pudding! We have long been a fan of the black stuff, check out our simple idea for using this with St Tola on our recipe page - makes a perfect late supper!
Our lovely Sinead is back selling at markets after a little winter break (and a horrible incident in the recent floods) Come and meet up with her at Limerick Milk Market on Saturday Mornings, she is some woman to talk!
Siobhan xx
St Tola in the Financial Times!
Great write up recently in the Financial Times, honoured to be named as one of the 5 best cheeses in Britain and Ireland 2015
Winter at St Tola
Winter opening hours: Our farm shop is now closed for the season, but visitors can stlll come to the farm gate, Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm to buy cheese! Private tours can be arranged on request - see our tours page for more details.
We are delighted the awards that St Tola has been associated with this year including, 2 Stars at the Great Taste Awards and of course winning the EUROTOQUE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR! We are very proud also to be part of the Burren Food Trail, European Destination of Excellence Award and Foodie Town of Ireland. Well done to all involved!
Siobhan
Open Day - Last of the the Year!
Autumn Events coming up!
As the evening draw in ever closer each night, you'd think things would be slowing down here on the farm wouldn't you?! The fine weather means that thankfully we are still busy producing cheese and there have been plenty of visitors to the farm this autumn.
There are some fabulous events coming up in the next few weeks:
The superb Dingle Pennisula Food Festival is coming up this weekend 2nd to the 4th October, a vast range of events, cookery demonstrations and awards - unbeatable fun and craic this weekend in Kerry! have a look at the website for more details http://www.dinglefood.com
Food on the Edge is an incredible International Food Symposium (October 19th to 20th October at various places around Galway) with chefs and lecturers from all over the globe attending. The multi-talented and Michellin Star restauranteur J.P.McMahon is the brains behind the action and all the details can be found athttp://www.foodontheedge.ie
The annual Winterage Festival is again on in the Burren this October 22-25th- a beautiful and life affirming festival celebrating our unique food and farming heritage here in Clare. http://www.burrenwinterage.com
And finally, the last planned Open Day of the year will be here at St Tola Goat Farm on Thursday 29th October. Gates will open at 2.30pm and a tour will start at 2.45pm. All welcome and its free!!
Siobhan x
St Tola in the News!
We are delighted to announce that our lovely St Tola Divine was a 2 Gold Star winner at the recent Great Taste Awards! These awards are considered the Oscars of the Food World and it is testament to the hard work and dedication of the team here that produces such fine cheese! A full list of Irish winners can be seen here http://greattasteawards.co.uk/?product_producer_name=&category=&rating=&...
We have some amazing visitors to our farm over the summer including Peter Morrell that writes for a range of websites including the Huffington Post. Details of Peters visit to The Burren in the summer can be read http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/peter-morrell/burren-food-trail_b_804274... many thank Peter for your kind words and we are delighted that you came to visit us.
The inaugural Food on the Edge Symposium is to take place this October 19th and 20th in Galway. The ever busy J.P. McMahon (we don't know how he finds the time) has arranged a coming together of top international chefs and food leaders for a 2 day symposium. There are some amazing events and speakers during the event, full details can be found on www.foodontheedge.ie and a great article by Rebecca LeHup writing for the Huffington Post can be found here http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/rebecca-leheup/from-seed-to-symposium_b_801...
Siobhan x
Open Day Dates
A quick reminder of the dates of the last of our summer Open Days. The next one will be this coming Wednesday 19th August and the last one will be next Friday 28th August. On both days there will be a full tour of the animals, a talk on farming, the history of St Tola Cheese and cheese making in Ireland, a simple cheese making demonstration and a full tasting of the range of St Tola Cheese! Both events are free and visitors of all ages are welcome. Gates open at 2.30pm and tour starts at 2.45pm sharp! Hope to see some of you there!
Newsletter!
We have had some great visitors lately... most notably Peter Morrell from The Huffington Post, Hannah Thompson from the Caterer and Rose Prince from The Telegraph, many thanks to Bord Bia for organising such interesting visitors to Ireland. We will be posting some articles from these journalists later in the year.
Our Discover Farmhouse Cheese Open Days are proving very popular with young and old alike...our next Open Day is Monday 10th August, gates open at 2.30pm and the tour starts at 2.45pm sharp..all welcome and its free! The next Open Day after that is Friday 28th August, same times, it will be Heritage week so a last chance to get some culture before the school term starts!
The best news however is of course the news that The Burren Food Trail was the proud winner of the EDEN award - European Destination of Excellence award for gastronomy. This is the second time if 5 years that Clare has won this award and we are so delighted to be part of this amazing group and the award is testement to the hard work of all involved. Check out our Facebook page for photos of the fabulous lunch at Hotel Doolin last week.
Hope to see some of you at our next Open Day!
Siobhan
Open Day!
Just a quick reminder that our next Open Day is next Monday 29th June from 2-4pm Tour starrts promptly at 2pm, there will be a full tour and tasting of all our cheeses.
If you are out and about, keep an eye out for our Sinead at markets, Tuesdays in Ennistymon, Fridays in Kinvara and Saturdays in the Milk Market in Limerick City! Sinead has a great range of cheeses (including all the lovely St Tola cheeses!) olives, oils nuts and of course you can practise your Irish at the same time with the Queen of Cheese!
Dont forget this months Easy Food Magazine, there is a lovely new St Tola recipe in there for the summer!
Siobhan x
ST TOLA WINS EUROTOQUE AWARD! 2015!
Clare-based Artisan wins Prestigious Award from Top Chefs
Bumper year for Euro-Toques Ireland’s EirGrid Food Awards
The annual EirGrid Euro-Toques Food Awards took place Monday 15th June 2015. The awards are voted on by the members of Euro-Toques Ireland, a community of cooks and chefs established in 1986 by Myrtle Allen, who subscribe to the highest standards in sourcing ingredients and culinary excellence. Members include top chefs such as Ross Lewis, Kevin Thornton, Derry Clarke, Sunil Ghai, Neven Maguire, Guillaume LeBrun, Wade Murphy, Gary O’Hanlon and Darina Allen.
We are delighted that St Tola was one of the winners of this years awards!
Speaking after receiving the award, Siobhan Ní Ghairbhith commented: “St.Tola is a successful business because we continue to stay true to ourselves. We produce our cheeses at a very high quality, are innovative by creating new products based on the feedback we get from our customers and are good communicators of what we do to the market place. The best advantage of being an artisanal producer is that what we produce is unique, producing products with true provenance reflecting the sustainable environment in which our St.Tola range is made and by whom it is made. By being artisanal we are protecting the long-term future of the environment and all those who live on it, which makes it all worthwhile.”
Siobhan Ní Ghairbhith for her St Tola Irish Goat Cheese
Sinead O’Brien for ‘Mungo Murphy’s (hand-harvested) Seaweed
Shana Wilkie for her ‘bean to bar’ organic chocolate
Rod and Julie Calder-Potts for their Highbank Orchards ‘Orchard Syrup
Padraig and Anthony Farrelly’s for Farrelly’s Butchers and Abattoir
News Update!
Congratulations to all our fellow members of the Burren Food after the sustainainable tourism initiative was named was named winner of the 2015 European Destiantion of Excellence (EDEN) award! We are honored to be part of such a amazing group. Well done to all those working hard behind the scenes especially the tremdendous work by Tina O Dwyer.
We were delighted here in North Clare to have the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles visit the Burren. Prince Charles is a keen supporter of sustainable farming and we were very proud to have our cheese presented to him with the finest of Clare ingredients in a hamper.
Finally we are super proud to annouce that St Tola will be in the Aer Lingus business class menu for June !
Siobhan
OPEN DAY
Our latest Disover Farmhouse Cheese Open Day was this morning here at St Tola. We have a great morning with a good number of visitors and the sun even came out for a change! Our next Open Day here is 19th June...I'll post up the times shortly. Come along and see our goats and taste our unbelievably good cheese!
In the Media this week!
Just a quick update on a few things that are happening here this week.
We are delighted that The Prince of Wales will be visiting our beautiful county today and we are delighted that our cheese will be on display for him to sample!
The Burren Slow Food Festival is in full swing this week and there are a huge number of events to choose from including festival markets and foraging and tasting dinners and lunches.
We have made the RTE guide this week! Super article and photo with Siobhan in the EAT supplement. We are also in this months EASY FOOD, with a great recipe from JP McMahon of Aniar, Cava and Eat in Galway.
Our next Open Day is next Tuesday 26th May. Come along at 10.30 for a tour of the farm followed by a tasting of all our cheeses!
Siobhan
Lots of new events at St Tola
Well Summer is really here; the farm is in full swing, most of our goats have kidded and the lads are once again super busy in production!
There are a number of very good foodie events coming up in the next few weeks. Firstly the superb Ballymaloe Litfest, this weekend 15th to 17th May, check out the listings on http://www.litfest.ie for the incredible list of speakers. Well worth a trip to East Cork for such a line up.
Clodagh McKenna will be doing a three day pop up restaurant in Selfridges in London next week 18th to 20th May featuring the very best of Irish Cooking. We are so proud that she is featuring our cheese on her menu! have a look herehttp://www.clodaghmckenna.com/home/digest/?category_id=9#.VVTbWuvyckU to see what is on offer!
The Burren Food Festival is once again upon us. This year is a weeklong festival with events on every day from this Saturday. St Tola will be hosting a picnic here on the farm next Tuesday 11 to 1pm 8 euro per person under 10s for free! Booking essential email us sales@st-tola.ie or 065 683 6633. otherwise check out http://www.slowfoodclare.com/festival/ to see what else is on, there is something for everyone this year!
Just a reminder that we will be featured next week in RTE guide and this months Easy Food Magazine!
Hope to see some of you at some events!
Siobhan
Slow Food Week and Sheridans Food Festival
A quick reminder of a few events that are coming up in May.
The big one is the The Burren Food Festival : this year activities will extend to a full week launching at Ballyvaughan Farmers Market on Saturday 16 May 2015 at 12 noon offering stand-alone food events organised by the Burren Food Trail chefs, food producers and the many restaurant and café leading up to the the Burren Slow Food Festival weekend at Lisdoonvarna, which will take place on 23 & 24 May 2015.
This year’s festival theme is Land & Sea, and every kind of food provided by them.
Programme of events can be easily found using the links below:
http://www.burren.ie/food-dining/burren-slow-food-festival/
http://www.slowfoodclare.com/festival/
As part of the festival, we are holding Slow Food Picnic here on the farm on the 19th May - if you would like to come along, (booking is essential) please contact us here on 065 683 66 33 or info@st-tola.ie
We will also be particiating at Sheridans Cheesemongers annual Food Festival on the 24th May at their headquarters in Virginia Road Station in Co. Meath. Its a super event with a huge number of food stalls, a brown bread competition, raw milk tastings and a host of celebrity chefs demonstrating their skills. For more detail on this http://www.sheridanscheesemongers.com/category/sheridans-food-festival/
We hope that you enjoyed last months article in Easy Food, just to let you know that there is another article on St Tola in the May issue out early next week.
Lastly a big thank you to all our visitors from todays Open Day! Thank you for braving driving rain and very cold conditions to come and see us!
Looking forward to seeing some of you at Slow Food or at Sheridans!
Siobhan
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter !
A quick reminder of things happening here for St Tola!
Our Sinead will be starting up at Kinvara farmers market this Friday, a welcome return for locals and visitors alike.
Our shop on site at the farm opens up today,10-4 MONDAY TO FRIDAY no BANK HOLS, tours are available but they are not held every day and must be booked well in advance, see our tours page for more details.... and don't forget to get Easy Food this Friday to see the article on St Tola and a new recipe too!
Of course the big news is GALWAY FOOD FESTIVAL! Starting this Friday and running until Monday. Siobhan will be tasting at Sheridans from 11-6pm and then in The Malthouse Restaurant from 4-5.30pm. Sinead will be doing a one off market on Saturday at the Galway Festival market. check outhttp://www.galwayfoodfestival.com
In honour of the Galway Food Festival our recipe of the month is from Galways own J.P McMahon, St Tola croquettes ! check out http://www.st-tola.ie/recipes/st-tola-goats-cheese-and-sweet-potato-croq...
Happy Easter to you all!
Siobhan
Spring Newsletter!
The Sun is still shining here in Inagh after a glorious St Patricks day! Its been a long winter but Spring has sprung and we have lots of events coming up here on the farm and around the country.
There are going to be some super food festivals this year. Firstly the 4th Annual Food Festival in Galway http://www.galwayfoodfestival.com is kicking off from the 2nd to the 6th April. Our lovely Siobhan will be tasting cheese in Sheridans Cheesemongers on Friday 3rd April from 11am to 2pm. If you miss her there, you can catch up with her at the The Malthouse Restaurant from 4-5.30pm the same day. Sinead will have a festival special cheese stall in the Galway Festival Market on Saturday 4th April.
The beautiful Mairead Garvey is pictured above at the recent launch of the Burren Food Trail and Burren Slow Food Festival. Thank you Mairead you are always a great ambassodor for us! The latter is a week long festival this year and details can be found at http://www.slowfoodclare.com/festival/ - make sure to put 16th to 24th May in your diary, there is bound to be something for everyone in this years line up.
There are more and more farmers markets springing up around the country. This Sunday 22nd March there is a new market in Gort, Co Galway, you can find our Sinead there with a huge range of cheeses and olives. Sinead can be also found at the Limerick Milk Market every Saturday year round & Kinvara Market every Friday from the 3rd of April.
Back here on the farm, our farmshop and museum will once again be open from 1st April, Monday to Friday (ex Bank Holidays) 9.30-4pm. We will be having the first of our Open Days on the farm on Tuesday 26th April from 12-2pm. Farm Tours are also recommencing from April. To book for the Open Day or if you wish to book a private tour please contact info@st-tola.ie or 065 683 6633
St Tola is making headlines in a few magazines this year. The April edition of Easy Food will feature an article and recipe for St Tola as part of our prize as winners of Blas na hEireann - it will be in the shops 3rd April! Over in the UK this lovely article was published in Good Things magazine https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wgu4h1z3zzknjim/AABE-DafUg8W393hbPR9PkOda?dl=0
Thanks to everyone for supporting St Tola over the winter and I look forward to seeing some of you at festivals or here in Inagh
Siobhan
The Burren Food Fayre
We will be participating in The Burren Food Fayre at The Pavillion in Lisdoonvarna as part of the Burren Winterage Weekend which runs from 25th to 27th October.
Shortlisted for the National Organic Awards!
St. Tola Cheese has been shortlisted in the Fresh Food Category in The National Organic Awards organised by Bord Bia. The winners will be announced Tues 14th October.
Happy recipient of Blas na hEireann Awards 2014
St. Tola won Best Goat Cheese and Best Artisan at the Blas na hEireann Awards at the Dingle Food Festival. 2014
Discover Cheese Open Days and New Markets!
As part of Discover Farmhouse Cheese we have a number of Open Days coming up here at the Farm! The dates for these are 23 July, 28th August and 11th September. All welcome and tours of the farm are free on the day. Times to be confirmed shortly - so watch this space. Please book before hand at info@st-tola.ie
Our lovely Sinead will be starting a cheese stall at the Kilrush Farmers Market, this Thursday 3rd July 9am to 2pm. This is addition to her stalls at Ennistymon Market (at the square) on Tuesdays, Kinvara Market on Fridays and Limerick Milk Market on Saturdays.
Come to Clare for the Summer and you won't be bored!
Siobhán and all the goats
Open Day!
Our next OPEN DAY here at St Tola is this Tuesday coming 17th June from 11am to 1pm. We are doing this in conjunction with Bord Bia and http://www.discoverfarmhousecheese.ie/. It is also National Bike Week next week so we have also a foraging cycle event happening. Bikes are meeting at Inagh Church at 11am and then cycling down to us along the back roads, foraging along the way. There will be cheese and crackers here for tasting on arrival - the weather is promised good so leave the car behind and get on your bike..! Ring 087 687 7890 to book your place (and yr bike if you don't have one!)
Siobhán and all the goats at St Tola
Award news!
We are back from yet another very sucessful year at Bloom! Big thanks to Bord Bia for organising such a spectacular show, we are already looking forward to next year.
For the second year in a row, the Irish Cheese Awards were announced during Bloom, we were delighted to be awarded Silver for our plain 1kg log and GOLD for our lovely ASH log! Woo! In the same week we won bronze for our ASH log at the British Cheese awards and we are waiting to hear what we won at Premio Roma in Italy!
This weekend - get yourself to Doolin in Co Clare for the Burren Rocks! festival http://www.discoverireland.ie/Whats-On/the-burren-rocks/509139
Don't forget our Open Day - 17th June 11-1pm!
Siobhán and all the goats
Lots of news!
There are lots of events and lots of news here at St Tola! Our Roisin will have a stall this weekend at the Annual Slow Food Clare event this weekend 23rd to 25th April in Lisdoonvarna. There will be a range of events including a market on the Saturday & Sunday, cookery demonstrations, wild foraging walks, and a banquet on the Saturday - a feast for all the senses!
http://www.slowfoodclare.com/festival/
We have fingers crossed that the weather will clear up in time for BLOOM! - the biggest and most beautiful garden show in Ireland. There will be an even bigger food pavillion this year and our Siobhan will be there from Thurs 29th May to Monday 2nd June at our stall. The Irish Cheese Awards will be announced again there at the CAIS tent, lets hope we can follow on from last years success and win Supreme Champion! A great day out for everyone! http://bloominthepark.com/
Any British Fans of St Tola out there? We will be at the Royal Bath and West Show next week with our cheese and also to participate at the British Cheese Awards - more details on http://www.bathandwest.com/ http://www.thecheeseweb.com/british-cheese-awards
If you cant make those events, come and have a look at us in our newly open ÉCONOMUSÉE museum and shop here at the farm! We are proud to be part of this fantastic programme. www.economusee.eu
We will be hosting another Open day here at the farm on the 17th June 11 to 1pm all welcome! We will also be hosting an open event and picnic here on the farm on the 21st July - watch this space for more details!
Hope you to see you all somewhere over the summer!
Siobhán and all the goats xx
St Tola Open Day & Vote for Foodie Town of the Year!
Lots of news here at St Tola! Great news that we have won "an award" at Premio Roma, a prestigious Italian food competition organised by the Rome Chamber of Commerce, we won't find out until the 23rd exactly what we have won though!
Our next Open Day here at the farm is Tuesday 13th May, gates open from 11 to 3 and all are welcome www.discoverfarmhousecheese.ie
And lastly, Lisdoonvarna- Gateway to the Burren has been nominated as one the Foodie Towns of the Year! Voting is open until the 18th so plenty time to get voting, lets get behind our food producers, pubs & restaurants! http://www.burrenecotourism.com/2014/05/lisdoonvarna-bid-for-rai-foodie-town-of-ireland-2014/
There is a short video clip to accompany this also https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkUIJsoi95PU%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&h=jAQFYRUvp&s=1
ÉCONOMUSÉE & OPEN DAY
We are delighted to announce the grand opening of our fabulous ÉCONOMUSÉEE - that is our living & working museum here at our beautiful farm on Thursday 17th April at 11am. We are honoured to become only the 3rd Economusee in the Republic of Ireland. Guest speakers David McCann Executive Chef at Dromoland Castle & Kevin Heanue, Economist at Teagasc. For more information on this www.economusee.eu The day is also part of Bord Bia Discover Farmhouse Cheese series of events and we welcome members of the public to come and visit us on the day, see our lovely goats & taste our delicious cheese! www.discoverfarmhousecheese.ie
See you all on the day!
Siobhán and all the goats xx
New Fresh Packaging, same lovely St Tola!
Our new packing for St Tola Divine and Original has arrived in 2014!
Burren Winterage Festival
The second annual Burren Winterage Festival is with us again this weekend. Highlights include a working horse demonstration, a walk to the holy wells and pilgim sites in the Burren, a shorthorn cattle show, the annual cattle drive to the uplands and of course the Burren Masterchef competition at the Burren Food Fayre in Lisdoonvarna on Sunday 27th October from 1 to 5pm. A beautiful series of events celebrating the Burren ancient farming and cultural traditions.
St Tola Events Coming up!
Lots and lots of events coming up here at St Tola Goat Farm!
Our annual Open Day! Friday 4th October here at the Farm, 11am-3pm - all welcome!
The 6th Annual Harvest Banquet will be on at the Old Ground Ennis, Friday 4th October @ 7pm, EVERYTHING on your plate from Clare right down the sea salt! €50 for a 4 course meal, music and dancing to the wee hours and all for a good cause! All details http://www.clareharvestbanquet.com/
The Ennis Food Festival 4th to 6th October, a huge range of events including giant food fayre (come and see us!) on Saturday 5th October http://ennisfoodfestival.com/
Bake Fest in Galway Sunday 6th October - https://www.facebook.com/GalwayBakeFest come along and see us and getting your baking goods and some lovely St Tola too!
Finally - Clare V Cork All Ireland Replay on Saturday, fill up with these tasty recipes from TESCO, the Banner Bap and the Rebel Roll! Up the Banner!
Siobhan x
New Opening Hours for our Shop!
After a very busy summer, things are starting to get back to normal here at St Tola. Autumn seems to have come all of a sudden but our lovely shop is still open. September opening times are Monday to Friday only 10am to 5pm.
The fabulous Brook Lodge at Macredding Village in Wicklow have the most fantastic menu for the Autumn season. The Big Harvest Menu features the very best of Irish Organic Food from around our beautiful Island. A 7 course tasting menu includes pork from the Crowe brothers in Tipperary, apples from Highbanks farm and of course lovely cheese from us here at St Tola!
http://brooklodge.com/foodanddrink/bigharvest.asp
A big thank to you all involved in the wonderful Summer Party at the British Embassy in Dublin recently a truly wonderful display of food from around Ireland- our photo attached includes some of the star line up, Clare Nash from Nash 19, James Whelan from Whelans Butchers and of course our lovely Siobhan from St Tola x
St Tola Divine and Original on Special offer at Tescos!
Get down to your local Tesco - St Tola Divine on Special offer from now until 27th August!
St Tola wins Stars at the Great Taste Awards!
We are delighted to annouce that St Tola has won some new stars at the Great Taste awards 2013! Our classic log won 1gold star and our lovely ash log won 2 Stars! Its a great boost to us here!
New Market! Our lovely Sinead has now a stall in the amazing Limerick Milk Market on a Saturday - get down between 10 and 4 for incredible cheeses and other other gorgeous grub.
Don't forget to vote in the Arthur Guiness projects - some great ideas including Burren Béilíní (little Irish tapas!) and an app for Irish Farmhouse Cheeses! follow this link
https://www.arthurguinnessprojects.com/food/burren-biln
or this one!
https://www.arthurguinnessprojects.com/food/irish-farmhouse-cheese-app
Siobhan and all the goats xx
Miriam, Donal, 100 Best things to do and Kenmare Food Carnivall!!
Many thanks to Donal Skehan for giving us a big shout out on Miriam O'Callaghans shop on Saturday - fair play Donal you are a great supporter of Irish products!
Its official, on the Irish Times 100 best things to do in Ireland - coming to see us at the farm is number 38!http://bit.ly/12v8QaQ
Kenmare Food Carnival will be rocking this year - come and see us on our cheesey stall! www.kenmarefoodcarnival.com
Siobhans lovely sister Sinead is once again setting up her stall at Farmers Markets - come see her at the Square in Ennistymon on a Saturday 9-2 and Kinvara on Friday 9-2.
See you all soon! Siobhan x
Supreme Champion of the Irish Cheese Awards! 2013
We have had a bumper month here at St Tola! For the first time, the Irish Cheese Awards were held at Bloom. We were delighted that our mature log won Gold in its class and also our new Ash Log won Gold in the New Cheese category and....Supreme Champion! Meanwhile in Rome...our Ash Log also awarded 1st in its class at the International Premio Roma Awards! We are over the moon here and its a validation of all our hard work and creativity.
Our new shop is getting busy - lots of customers from all over the world America, Canada, England, France and Australia. Come and see us - open Monday to Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 12 to 5pm.
Siobhan and all the goats x
Lots of news!
Exciting times at St Tola! We opened our farm shop this week on Wednesday!!! - We will be open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm. Come and taste our lovely cheese and see our goats! We are delighted be able to offer a range of other local Clare products including Clare Jams in Doolin, Burrensmoke House Salmon and Wild Irish Seaveg from Spanish Point.
We are all looking forward to BLOOM in Phoenix Park, Grainne and Siobhan will be there next Thursday 30th to Monday 3rd June. It promises to be a bumper festival and this year for the first time the Irish Cheese awards will be held during the festival. Pray for good weather and see you all there!
Siobhan x
Event reminder!
Lots and lots going on here in Co Clare! This evening, a night of cheese and wine and the lovely Kilshanny House. It is the first event in a series of Monday night food events as part of the Burren Food Trail that is going to be launched at Hotel Doolin this coming Saturday night. The second year of the Clare Garden Show as the showgrounds in Ennis will be on Sunday 28th of April and it promises to be a fine show!
Galway Food Festival, Bia Duchais, and new stockists!
The fantastic GALWAY FOOD FESTIVAL is on again this weekend with a brilliant programme of events! Come along to our stall at Woodquay this Saturday for a once of revival of the famous Woodquay Country Market. see full programme at http://www.galwayfoodfestival.com/
Also come and see Sinead at the new re-opened Kinvara Farmers Market tomorrow and Ennistymon Farmers market on Saturday.
Our lovely Siobhan will feature in the Cáis episode of Bia Dúchais, TG4 2nd May 2013 at 9.30pm! Tune in to see our lovely goats in action and improve your Irish as the same time.
https://vimeo.com/61711383
New stockists of St Tola appearing on the shelves and menus around the country. Wilde and Green in Miltown Dublin 6, The Vintage Kitchen in Dublin http://www.thevintagekitchen.ie/home/ The beautiful Slieve Aughty Centre near Loughrea http://www.riding-centre.com/ Realta Tea Rooms in Kiltimagh http://www.facebook.com/RealtaStudioandTeaRoom (and get your photo done at the same time!)
Foodie Forum at GMIT and CHEESERTS!
Come along on next Tuesday 04/02/12 to GMIT for the Foodie Forum - promises to be a great day. We are launching our new Cheesert too! Siobhan and Grainne
Foodie Forum at GMIT and CHEESERTS!
Come along on next Tuesday 04/02/12 to GMIT for the Foodie Forum - promises to be a great day. We are launching our new Cheesert too! Siobhan and Grainne
Foodie Forum at GMIT and CHEESERTS!
Come along on next Tuesday 04/02/12 to GMIT for the Foodie Forum - promises to be a great day. We are launching our new Cheesert too! Siobhan and Grainne
New Kids, new photos, Kenmare Food Festival
We have had our first kid of the year! Little one is too shy for a photo this morning but we will keep you posted. Kenmare Food Festival have posted us this great video of the amazing food event last summer- have a look at it on our Twitter account @StTolaCheese to see the full video. Mmm, mmm,mmm Have a look at this lovely dish from those great guys at The Pigs Ear on Nassau Street in Dublin, St Tola with, organic candy beets, blueberries and hazelnuts, delicious and a work of art too! Siobhan and all at St Tola x
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all our customers from Siobhan, Brian, Carmen, Grainne, Petru and all the goats! x x x
World Cheese Awards - Best Irish Cheese!
At last our certificate for the World Cheese Awards!! Our delicious St Tola with Ash Log won Best Irish Cheese at the World Cheese Awards 2012 and we were delighted to have such a great end to the year! Siobhan x
St Tola wins Best Irish Cheese at the WORLD CHEESE AWARDS!!
St Tola ASh Log has won the Best Irish Cheese at the World Cheese awards!! We are delighted that the latest addition to the St Tola range, our lovely St Tola with Ash as won such a prestigious award - a brilliant finish to 2012! Don't forget to come and see us at the RDS at the National Craft and Design Fair from this Wednesday to Sunday and taste it for youselves! Also the amazing Twelve Hotel are hosting their 12 Apostles of Food Producers - a celebration of local and artisan food producers on 12/12/12! Follow the link below for details on what promises to be an incredible bash. Siobhan x x x