Producer Visit
Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese
Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese
Ballinakill East
Newtownshandrum
Charleville
Co Cork
A goat’s cheese producer near Charleville, Co Cork. Over 220 goats on the farm with a mix of breeds – white Saanen and brown Toggenburg from Switzerland, plus black and white British Alpine goats.
Cheese is made from March to November and involves a traditional natural process, with milk transferred direct from the milking parlour to the dairy each day.
Visit the farm to see the herd of goats, milking parlour, cheese rooms and finally a tasting of the wide range of natural and flavoured goats cheese.
Accommodation
Deebert House Hotel
Anne and Ben are running this splendid B&B for 30 years. Deebert House is an impressive Georgian residence with award winning gardens.
The name Deebert means Expelled and take its origin in the fact that people who didn’t respect the curfew in Kilmallock medieval fortified city were sent to Deebert for the night.
Deebert B&B is an ideal touring centre. Adjacent to Kilmallock’s historic sites, Ballyhoura hill walking, mountain bike, horse-riding and Lough Gur Heritage Centre.
Facilities include 5 bedrooms (4 en-suite), private car parking, credit cards accepted, TV in bedrooms and Cot available.
It is good to know that Anne’s daughter, Margaret owns the Deebert Hotel which is adjacent to Deebert House B&B.
Dining
The Greenfinch Restaurant
Offering the finest in Irish Cuisine, the Greenfinch Restaurant is a bright and airy venue opening onto the hotel’s Courtyard Garden. Traditional Sunday Lunch is the ultimate treat and is served every Sunday in the Greenfinch Restaurant. The Greenfinch Restaurant is the ideal venue for a family meal to celebrate a special occasion, a romantic dinner for two or a girls night out.