Aran Island Goats Cheese

Gabriel Faherty lives on Inish Mór, the biggest of the Aran Islands having spent 20 years as a deep-sea fisherman, the island native had been living on the mainland for several years, but a little over a decade ago, decided to return to his roots and establish a goat farm, where he and his wife could make their own cheese. Their food tours “are a celebration of all that is best on Inish Mór”, Faherty says.

They include a visit to the farm to meet the baby goats and taste the cheese, foraging for seaweed along the shore line, and lunch at his mother-in-law’s cafe, Teach Nan Phaidi, named the Georgina Campbell cafe of the year 2016.