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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 Food Market Monkstown and Avoca Rathcoole. Sign up to our newsletter for more updates from James Whelan Butchers

Pat Whelan guest’s on Damien O’Reilly’s Countrywide Christmas Eve special panel to reflect on the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country. Publication Date: 24th December, 2011 Listen: Podcast Note: You will need RealPlayer to listen

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 […]

Celebrity chef, Rachel Allen, to put her tasty twist on Tipperary Food this Christmas Top TV cook, Rachel Allen, will be making a special “Trip to Tipp” next month to host a Tipperary Food Producers Christmas Cookery Extravaganza. Up to 500 foodies are expected at the Clonmel Park Hotel on December 7th to see the […]

Terry Flanagan from Derek Mooney’s RTE Radio 1 show visits Pat Whelan’s farm in Clonmel to find out about his new Kobe Wagyu herd. Publication Date: 11 August, 2011 Listen: Online – Click Listen on Thursday 11 August, 2011 (Starts 1 hours 14 minutes) Note: You will need RealPlayer to listen We hope you enjoyed […]

Pat Whelan introduces the Long Table Dinner 2011 and some of the Tipperary Food Producers on TV3’s Morning Show. Publish Date: 24 August, 2011 View: Full Episode Online 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 […]

This is the season to give thanks for the fruits of land and sea At harvest time, lovers of good food can tuck into fabulous fare all over the country, writes Lucinda O’Sullivan Publish Date: 21 August, 2011 View: Article Online We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers. […]

Gillian Nelis writes an interesting article in the Sunday Business Post giving a background to the Long Table Dinner 2011 and how it is organized by the Tipperary Food Producers to showcase their local produce. Publication Date: 21 August, 2011 View: Article Online We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan […]

I recently featured as a mentor to a butcher shop in Drogheda on Feargal Quinn’s TV show, Retail Therapy. In the series Feargal Quinn uses his vast knowledge and experience of the retail trade to help reinvigorate sales and keep small businesses afloat during these hard times of recession. It was a real pleasure to […]

You’ll never believe what happened last week! I was sitting in the office with Robert (@Rob_JWB) when I was contacted by Laura Hogan(@hoganlaura) from TV3 who told me one of my followers (@adrianshanahan) had highlighted our website as a newsworthy piece for ‘The Morning Show‘. Before I knew it, she had convinced me to appear […]

Pat Whelan gives preparation and cooking tips on how to get the most from your Christmas Turkey on the Pat Kenny show RTE Radio 1. Publication date: 10th December, 2010 Listen: Podcast   We hope you enjoyed reading this post by Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers. Pat is a 5th generation butcher, cook book […]

The Good Food Ireland 4th annual awards ceremony took place November 15th in Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel. Members of the Good Food Ireland organisation were honored for their achievements and commitment to supporting Irish food and for being the ‘best of their types’. Over 250 key representatives from the food and tourism sectors including chefs, restaurateurs, […]