Kilmaneen farmhouse accommodation - Bed and Breakfast -B&B - working farm in Tipperary, Ireland

The Farm
Our farm is a beef farm consisting of 134 acres. The quality of the soil in this area of Ireland is very fertile and is excellent for growing grass and subsequently for producing top quality beef. The river Suir forms the natural boundary on the northern side and the river Tar runs along the eastern side of the farm. The Tar flows into the Suir on our land.
	We have, in recent years, joined R.E.P.S., the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme. This scheme was set up by the European Union to encourage farmers to farm less intensively and in an environmentally friendly way. In 2000 we won the Millennium Farm Landscape Award for the Munster region for a pollution control project. This was a once-off competition designed to encourage Irish farmers and rural dwellers to do something special for the environment to mark the turning of the century. In 2001 we won an award for Profitable and Environmentally Friendly Farming. This competition was run by the Royal Dublin Society. At Kilmaneen we try to grow as much of our own fruit and vegetables as possible. In 2006 we had our own eating and cooking apples, raspberries, rhubarb, plums, herbs, carrots, parsnips, runner beans, red cabbage, green cabbage, courgettes, butternut squash, beetroot, peas, onions etc.. We use the vegetable and fruit of the season for guests for breakfast and dinner. Good animal husbandry is very important to us at Kilmaneen where animals are treated with care and concern. Guests can observe the cattle grazing happily in the fields.