Corleggy Cheeses is an Irish

Ireland

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 farmhouse making a selection of cheese

Cheese

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 in County Cavan

County Cavan

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. Started by Silke Cropp in 1985 using her milk from her own herd of goats, today Corleggy make a variety of different cheese from goat's milk, sheep's milk and cows milk sourced from local farmers.

Varieties

Corleggy make 2 varieties of goat's cheese, one variety of sheep's cheese and 5 varieties of cow's cheese marketed under the "Drumlin" brand. The herds graze on neighbouring farms on drumlin

Drumlin

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 parstures along the River Erne

River Erne

The River Erne , in the northwest of Ireland, rises in Beaghy Lough, two miles south of Stradone in County Cavan and flows 64 miles through Lough Gowna, Lough Oughter and Upper and Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, to the sea at Ballyshannon, County Donegal...

. The goat's cheese is made from pasteurised milk while the range of cow's cheese is made with raw milk. Vegetarian rennet is used, and for some varieties natural sea is used to wash the cheese in salt water and helps form the edible rind.

Corleggy

Corleggy is a hard cheese

Cheese

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 hand made from raw

Raw

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 goat's milk. Every individual cheese is matured from 8 weeks to 4 months, depending on the season, weather, humidity and the seasonality of the grass and herbs available to the goats at the time of making the cheese. The rind of Corleggy is natural, formed by bathing the cheeses in sea salt brine. On occasion, a smoked version of Corleggy is available.

Quivvy

This is a soft goat's cheese preserved in Greek kalamata olive oil along with sun dried tomatoes. This cheese is only available from April to October.

Creeny

Creeny is a hard cheese

Cheese

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hand made from raw goats milk. On occasion, a smoked version of Creeny is available.

Drumlin

Drumlin cheese is a hard cheese made from raw cow's milk and matured for a minimum of six weeks. Young cheeses have a mild taste, getting stronger as the cheese matures. The rind is edible.

• Drumlin Traditional - This is the traditional unflavoured variety of Drumlin.
• Drumlin Garlic and Red Pepper - This cheese is flavoured with Garlic and Red Pepper.
• Drumlin Cumin Seed - This cheese is flavoured with whole Cumin seeds.
• Drumlin Smoked - This cheese is smoked with beechwood.
• Drumlin Peppercorn - This cheese is flavoured with whole green peppercorns.

Awards

• 2011 Gold star award at the Great Taste Awards for Creeny, two Gold star award for Corleggy hard goats' milk cheese & Gold star award for Corleggy Kid.
• 2010 Silver medal at the World Cheese Awards for Creeny, in the Hard ewes' milk cheese plain category.
• 2007, Creeny won a gold medal at the British Cheese Awards