Breffni Mushrooms specialise in supplying high quality mushrooms to consumers, retailers and the catering and processing sectors. Company founder Eugene Kiernan spoke to Irish Tractor & Agri magazine about the company’s success to date and plans for the future. Cavan-based Breffni Mushrooms epitomises the progressive and innovative culture in the mushroom industry where entrepreneurial producers […]
Swanlinbar Mushrooms was established in 1988 as growers of quality mushrooms. The family-run business produces approximately 17,000kg of mushrooms per week which they supply exclusively to Monaghan Mushrooms. Founder and managing director Danny Malanaphy started out with five small tunnels in Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan producing 6,000kg of mushrooms per week. Five years ago, he effectively […]
Since its inception in 1999, Stablefield Ltd. in County Tipperary has developed into one of Ireland’s premier mushroom production businesses. We met up with founder / proprietor Tom Sweeney to take a look at the history and ongoing success of this thriving family business. Fifteen years ago, Tom Sweeney took his first tentative steps into […]
When it comes to producing top quality mushrooms, Goldcircle Mushrooms Ltd. is in a class of its own. We dropped into the company’s flagship farm at Tiernaneill, close to Emyvale in north Monaghan, to discuss the success to date and future prospects of this progressive business with founder Kieran Walsh. Established in 1999 by owner […]
The business of growing mushrooms has been ongoing in Ireland for many, many years and they are used extensively in cooking, in various cuisines. Mushrooms are a low-calorie food eaten cooked or raw and as garnish to a meal. Dietary mushrooms are a good source of B vitamins, while when exposed to ultraviolet light, vitamin […]
