The best farm shops in Clare
4.8 from 75 reviews across 3 farms
Organised lists 3 farms in Clare, including 3 farm shops, 2 egg farms and 2 fruit and veg farms.
4.8 from 75 reviews across 3 farms
Organised lists 3 farms in Clare, including 3 farm shops, 2 egg farms and 2 fruit and veg farms.
St Tola Irish Goat CheeseFarm shop · Ennistymon4.7 (56 reviews)St Tola is a goat farm and cheese dairy at Gortbofearna, near Inagh, on the southern edge of the Burren. Around 300 goats of the Saanen, Toggenburg and British Alpine breeds live on 65 acres of herb rich pasture, grazing wild flowers such as buttercups, meadowsweet and wild garlic, and eating hay grown on the farm through the winter. About 200 of them are milked twice a day. Cheese has been made in this townland since the early 1980s, and Siobhan Ni Ghairbhith has run the business since 1999.
Everything is still made by hand in small batches in the dairy on the farm. The range runs from the fresh St Tola Log and the ash coated log to a Greek style cheese kept in brine, small crottins, the harder Karst, and jars of cheese in rapeseed oil with chilli, garlic or garden herbs. Cheese can be bought straight from the farm on weekdays, and the farm runs tours that take in the milking parlour and the goats.Glendree Organic FarmFruit, veg & eggs · Feakle5 (10 reviews)Glendree Organic Farm is a family holding high in the Slieve Aughty hills of east Clare, between Tulla and Feakle. Mona and Harry Muller work it along organic and biodynamic lines, certified organic by Organic Trust, and they still plough with draft horses. Cows, goats, sheep, hens, ducks and bees share the ground with a vegetable garden, herb beds and a heritage orchard of apples, pears and plums. The land sits inside a Hen Harrier Special Protection Area, and the family joined the Hen Harrier Programme in 2018 and became Farming for Nature ambassadors in 2021.
Vegetables and herbs are grown for the house and for sale, and the farm also raises seed for the Irish Seed Savers Association nearby. Ordering is simple and old fashioned. You pick from the seasonal list on the website before eleven on Saturday morning, then collect at the farm that afternoon during daylight. Payment is cash, and you are asked to bring your own box or bag, or borrow a crate for a ten euro deposit.Moy Hill FarmFruit, veg & eggs · Lahinch4.8 (9 reviews)Moy Hill Farm sits at Lackamore, just inland from Lahinch on the west Clare coast. It is certified organic and run on holistic grazing and agroforestry lines, and it has held Savory Institute Ecological Outcome Verification since 2021, an independent check on whether the soil, water cycle and biodiversity are actually improving. Cattle are raised on pasture, hens range for their eggs, and a market garden carries vegetables through the seasons. Fergal Smith farms here with a small team, and the farm trains interns each year.
There is a farm shop at Lackamore, open every day from nine until six, unmanned and run on honesty with cash and card both accepted. Boxes can be ordered online for collection at the farm, with local delivery around Lahinch and Ennistymon, and there is a small CSA box subscription. The farm stands at Ennis market on Friday mornings and at Ennistymon on Saturdays from May to December, and its vegetables, beef and eggs also reach shops, cafes and seven local restaurants.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
