Home Grown: Ireland

28/07/2013

http://audioboo.fm/boos/1523114-fraughan-sunday-irish-poem
Happy Fraughan Sunday!

19th century (anon) Irish poem that references fraughans, as read by Ed Hick

11/01/2013

http://audioboo.fm/boos/1150886-bbc-radio-4-s-farming-today-raw-unpasteurised-milk-in-ireland

Ella speaks with dairy farmer David Tiernan on his Co. Louth farm about why he sells raw milk; she also talks with the head of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Prof Alan Reilly, who believes the sale of it should be prohibited. (for BBC Radio 4's Farming Today).

15/08/2012

http://audioboo.fm/boos/920322-bbc-r4-farming-today-dexter-cattle-in-cork

A 'mini-cow' breed that stands at just 4 feet in height and thrives on poor quality upland areas, is making a comeback in Ireland. The Dexter breed is native to the country but until recent years, numbers were very low. One of the farmers who's rejuvenating this breed is Dr. Steve Collins from Bedf...

25/07/2012

Traditional farming techniques on show at Knocklinn Farm, Wicklow

03/07/2012

22/04/2012

http://audioboo.fm/boos/718072-aidan-harney-on-his-ayrshire-calf-how-farming-is-going-at-the-moment

Aidan tells Ella about his week old Ayrshire calf and explains how farming is going for him at the moment

22/04/2012

Letting the cows out to grass. http://audioboo.fm/boos/720434-macnas-letting-the-cows-out-to-grass

Wicklow dairy farmer Aidan Harney opens the gates of his sheds and watches as his herd of cows run out to the fields for the first time in four months...

13/04/2012

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/topofthepods/glass2c-windows2c-shells2c-brain4/3941202

Join RTE's Ella McSweeney for another episode in the Athena Media-produced Made in Ireland series - this one's about glass, and especially stained glass - how it's made and exhibited.

24/03/2012

breakfast in ireland.

23/03/2012

a lamb from meath born yesterday

19/03/2012

Wicklow gate.

25/02/2012

If you're in Tipperary tomorrow (Sunday), Con Traas is giving out 300 slices of apple tart, for free, from lunchtime. The Apple Farm, Moorstown, Cahir, Tipp...

20/02/2012

made in ireland flapjacks! oats from pat lalor's kilbeggan farm; raw milk butter from aidan harney's ballymore farm, wicklow

20/02/2012

and this is the 'after' photograph of the cooked lamb (taken by imen mcdonnell of marriedanirishfarmer.com)

20/02/2012

Connemara Hill Lamb has PGI status in the EU... a group of farmers in the west of Ireland farm these black faced sheep. http://www.connemarahilllamb.ie/