Barry Cahalan and Lorraine Davis (from Borrisokane, north Tipperary) are a
young couple who wanted to start a viable farming enterprise after they
finished college. They opted for milking sheep, and built a sheep shed on the
land owned by Barry's family . In the spring of 2013 they started to milk their
first ewes, and this first summer, were milking 46 animals.
Barry and Lorraine are friends with Marion and Haske Roeleveld, who
produce Killeen Cheese at their farm in Portumna, Co. Galway, and Marion
agreed to produce a cheese for Lorraine and Barry called Cais na Tire.
In 2013 Marion made around 15 cheeses per week for them and hopes to
double this amount in 2014 when there will be 100 head of sheep being
milked.