About the Holding
Caoimhe and James run a 200-acre dairy farm, hand-rearing calves, a small suckler herd, a few sheep, and a few hens with the family dogs. They also have a small vegetable garden for home use.
They are a young couple with two young children living in the original family farmhouse that is over 100 years old. The farm has been in the family for generations with each generation trying to make more improvements. Currently, they are milking approximately 100 cows, hand-rearing all calves, keeping all heifers for replacements for the herd, and keeping all bulls for beef.
Theirs is very much a family-based farm with their parents living across the road. They always have an open door with neighbours dropping by for a chat.
A Social Farming Day
Animal care: milking, feeding, watering, counting and moving, and caring for hens who give an occasional egg.
Horticulture: tending to the vegetable garden, potting and planting, weeding, and helping to improve the garden layout.
Farm Maintenance: lite tidying.
Local Interests
Caoimhe and James are followers of the local hurling and camogie clubs. There is also a local DCLC which is a neighbourhood walking track only 1.5 miles down the road where they enjoy taking walks.