‘When my wife and I started out, making cheese from sheep milk was unheard of’
How this Clare farmer made the most of a time of crisis in the dairy industry to diversify into a new sector and overcome a series of obstacles to build a family business that is renowned across the country – thanks to painstaking research and a commitment to quality
Sean Fitzgerald of Cratloe Hills Sheep Cheese at the production facility on his Clare farm. Photos: Eamon Ward
On his family farm in Cratloe, Co Clare, Sean Fitzgerald grew up with the simple dream of milking 100 cows.
Now, as his son has become the fourth generation in the family to take on the farm (and accomplish that childhood ambition), his own legacy has steered on to a new path.
