Good Food

On the 5th December will be launching our new shop in the Avoca Food Market in Monkstown, Co. Dublin. To celebrate this momentous occasion in the story of James Whelan Butchers, we are giving away five €100 vouchers to spend in our new shop. To enter our competition and be in with a chance of […]

We are delighted to announce that we are bringing our craft butchery excellence and expertise to Dublin as part of the exciting new Avoca Food Market in Monkstown. This will be our first retail venture outside of Clonmel and an exciting  new chapter in the James Whelan success story. We will have a 550 square […]

Pat Whelan is a member of a dwindling brotherhood, independent butchers. In the 21st century world of supermarkets, it’s getting increasingly hard to find these food artisans who thrived in a bygone era when people  moved away from farms and no longer raised their own meat. His shop, James Whelan Butchers, in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, […]

  I’ve noticed an interesting food trend since the kids have gone back to school and most people have returned to a more strict routine. People are genuinely concerned with school or work lunches; constantly trying to balance variety, value and nutrition. They give equal thought to the main meal of the day, again being […]

Yesterday, I was delighted to attend the official opening of the Cashel Blue Dairy at Beechmount Farm, Fethard, Co. Tipperary opened by Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food. It was an amazing event and what was more amazing as I travelled through the lush pastures of Tipperary hidden behind mature beech trees on a […]

  In conversation with a friend recently I found myself wading into the murky waters of food and weight loss. We would both find ourselves in that rather tricky position of having a desire to fit into a smaller trouser size but possessing an even greater desire for a steak pie, nice wine, good sausage, […]

Mouth-watering Tipperary Food Producers Long Table Dinner a sell-out success THE FOUNDER of the Grow It Yourself (GIY) network, Michael Kelly, has urged consumers to grow their own food and support local producers in order to transform the food chain and “bring some common sense” back into our relationship with what we eat. He told 300 […]

We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers. Pat is a 5th generation butcher, cook book author and the director of  James Whelan Butchers with shops in Clonmel, the Avoca Handweavers Rathcoole and Kilmacanogue, Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt, Rathmines and Swords in Dublin. Sign up to our newsletter for more updates […]

We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers. Pat is a 5th generation butcher, cook book author and the director of  James Whelan Butchers with shops in Clonmel, the Avoca Handweavers Rathcoole and Kilmacanogue, Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt, Rathmines and Swords in Dublin. Sign up to our newsletter for more updates […]

We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers. Pat is a 5th generation butcher, cook book author and the director of  James Whelan Butchers with shops in Clonmel, the Avoca Handweavers Rathcoole and Kilmacanogue, Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt, Rathmines and Swords in Dublin. Sign up to our newsletter for more updates […]

TIPPERARY Food Producers are once again planning to tantalise the taste-buds of food lovers from all over Ireland with its annual, sumptuous, Long Table Dinner which takes place in the historic grounds of Rockwell College outside Cashel on Wednesday, August 24th. The banquet promises to be a gourmets dream bringing 300 guests on a culinary tour of […]

With the sunshine beating down and the craic as high as the temperature, the best of our indigenous food producers gathered for a fantastic food event recently called Totally Tipperary. This is Ireland’s newest food festival and judging by the response it has all the potential of becoming a super annual event. It was held […]