It’s not only in France that you can eat good cheeses, and Ireland is one of the countries that produces some fine cheeses, including Ardrahan. Ardrahan is actually a soft cheese made from cow’s milk. A purely artisanal product from County Cork, this cheese is made only from local milk production, giving it its inimitable taste.
The story of Ardrahan cheese began in 1983, when a young farming couple, Eugene and Mary Burns, moved to County Cork to start a local business: cheese production. The couple buy Friesian cows, collect their milk, and make a soft cheese from cow’s milk and vegetarian rennet. (Which means this cheese is 100% vegetarian!).
The cheese quickly gained in popularity, being distributed in most of Ireland’s hypermarkets and winning numerous medals in Ireland and Great Britain.
The gamble paid off for the Burns couple, who refuse to expand beyond the pastures of County Cork. The latter insist that their milk comes first and foremost from local production, and not from other counties.
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