Lough Derg Blueway Art, Craft & Food
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MADE IN LOUGH DERG IN LOUGH MADE Lough Derg Blueway Made in Lough Derg Art, Craft and Food Welcome to Ireland’s Blueways Do it your way and create your own unique Blueway experience. Festivals, Dining and Accommodation – This guide helps you to find the festivals to go to, where to eat Whether you’re into paddling, walking, cycling, or simply hooked on the and the place to rest your head after a full day. outdoors, make yours a trip to remember on Ireland’s Blueways. Activity trails along the Lough Derg Blueway provide a scenic Heritage and Culture – With the Blueways Guide to perspective into the heart of the Irish landscape. From leisurely strolls Heritage and Culture, you can take a break from all that and gentle paddles to adrenaline-filled days on land and water - Blueway activity and choose to step back in time. Blueways offer tailor-made trips like no other. Made in Lough Derg (Arts, Crafts and Food) – With Timelessness meets ‘time of your life’ when you arrive on a Blueway. the guide to Arts, Crafts and Food, you will be able to use So create your own adventure or take it at your own pace and do the your trip to the Blueway to explore traditional skills and Blueways your way! taste locally produced food. While you’re enjoying these Blueway trails, there’s so much more to Outdoor Activity – The Outdoor Activity Guide provides see and do in the local area. The following range of guides have been you with so many reasons to celebrate being in the great created to help you make the most of your visit to the Blueways: outdoors. www.bluewaysireland.org R353 R352 Portumna 1 2 N65 Lorrha Slieve Aughty R352 Mountains 3 Carrigahorig Terryglass 4 5 6 R493 Woodford Drominagh Point R351 N65 Rossmore Quay Kilgarvan 7 Borrisokane Goat I. R493 Connagh Illaunmore I. 8 Coolbaun N52 R352 R493 Whitegate 9 Williamstown g Dromaan r Mountshannon e Dromineer 12 13 D R461 gh 10 ou Scarri R352 Holy I. L 14 15 16 17 18 Garrykennedy 11 N52 Tuamgraney Castlelough 23 Newtown R495 19 20 21 R463 22 Ballycommon Portroe Ogonnelloe R494 N52 M7 Nenagh 24 25 Annacarriga 26 M7 Ballycuggeran (Two Mile Gate) R463 R445 Killaloe/Ballina 27 28 SUPPORTING INFORMATION Art and Craft An extensive network of Blueways trails are being developed throughout the region, refer to www. bluewaysireland.org for up-to-date details and Food places to eat, stay and go. Information The project partners are not advocating or affilliated to any of the commercial operators in this trail guide. The Toilets publisher is not responsible for any errors or omissions which may inadvertently occur. Nor for any information given or any claims made in editorial text or advertisements. All information this guide is subject to change. All Playground imagery is copyrighted. 1 Canning Hurleys 5 Cáis na Tíre Sheeps Milk Cheese Over 2000 years of tradition, culture Barry and Lorraine Cahalan take their and craft can be witnessed at possibly ewe’s milk to make an award winning Cáis the best known hurley maker in na Tíre sheep cheese on their home farm. Ireland. This family operated business Their ewe herd is a Friesland breed and in Portumna town harvests, dries they graze outdoors on fresh grass most and crafts ash into 100% handmade of the year. They are even friendly enough hurleys for beginners to all Ireland to enjoy a little scratch after milking! Cáis champions. It is possible to visit the production facilities and select the na Tíre cheese can be found in many wood for your own personal Canning hurley. They also stock a range shops, delicatessens and farmers markets of hurley accessories. around the country. Gortanumera, Portumna, Co. Galway Cloninaha, Terryglass, Co Tipperary 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 11am Saturday Call ahead to visit +353 (0)87 137 6666 [email protected] +353 (0)87 227 4789 www.canninghurleys.ie [email protected] www.caisnatire.ie 2 Killeen Cheese Farm 6 Cole Ceramics Just outside Portumna, Marion Roeleveld Perky white and yellow daisies and pink-hued roses produces cheese from the milk of their herd are among the delightful ceramic flowers made of 200 goats. She also buys in cows milk from in this small pottery studio. They would grace any a nearby farmer to turn that into cheese. The table and fool any bird that was lucky enough to semi hard cheeses are available in a plain nest in the range of pottery birdhouses that is also variety or seasoned with herbs. Over the part of their range. Although they specialise in years Killeen Farmhouse Cheese has won wheel-thrown pieces including vases and tableware, many awards. Keep an eye out for Killeen and they also make stylised ceramic flower gardens Kilmora in restaurants, farmers markets, and complete with butterflies, which come as standalone or mounted and good food shops around Ireland. framed. A visit to their studio will bring a smile to your face. Loughanroe East, Ballyshrule (R353), Portumna, Co. Galway Terryglass, Nenagh, Co Tipperary The farm is not open to the public Check in advance [email protected] +353 (0) 90-9741319 +353 (0)87 125 1544 [email protected] www.killeencheese.ie www.coleceramics.ie / www.facebook.com/ColeCeramics 3 bombyxMORI Wearable Art 7 Sew Darn Pretty bombyxMori (comes from the Latin name for Interested in art supplies or inspiration the silk moth ) was founded in 1999 by Astrid on how to upcycle your furniture, then Tomrop-Hofmann. bombyxMori is a studio, Sew Darn Pretty in Borisokane and gallery and workshop with an Asian-style tea- Shabby.ie are the places to go. Their house, which gives visitors the opportunity to online shop provides supplies for a range see the process of creativity in action! A range of upcycling projects and access to the of one-of-a-kind treasures/products including online Upcycling Club. They also can scarves, hats, waistcoats and accessories & much provide workshops in upcycling or just more are for sale direct to the public and in call into their shop to browse. stockists throughout Ireland and internationally. The Square Bridge House Main Street, Borrisokane, Co Tipperary Derryvunlan, Power’s Cross, Portumna, Co. Galway. (6km from Portumna turn right from R352 onto L8784, next lane turn left +353 67 27792 into the forest.). www.shabby.ie Monday-Saturday, 10.00-18.00. Sundays by appointment +353 (0)90 9749467 [email protected] 8 Brookfield Farm bombyxmorifeltsilk.weebly.com bombyxmoriwearableart.weebly.com Bees foraging on local wild flowers make the honey that is collected to produce Brookfield Farm’s range of honey and 4 Revived and Retro hive-based gifts. You can invest direct in a hive and get a supply of your own If you have a passion for creating something hive’s honey and a gift pack of beeswax new and unique from old materials or you products at harvest time. The honey is hate to throw something away just because it cold-filtered to preserve nutrients and is old, then Revived and Retro is the place for the candles and balms are handmade. you. The family-run business re-works existing The lakeside farm also produces free- furniture or objects into quirky modern range lamb that is prepared by a local pieces or collaborates with clients to design craft butcher and sold direct to customers online. something personal from existing materials. It might be a clock made from a vinyl record Brookfield Farm, Coolbaun, Nenagh, Co Tipperary or a vintage suitcase turned into a table. The online shop features products that have been Direct online sales upcycled and items made to order. Revived and Retro share their skills +353 (0)86 855 1309 [email protected] and eye for the unusual through demonstrations and workshops. www.brookfield.farm / www.facebook.com/ BrookfieldFarmProduce Terryglass, Co Tipperary Phone to make appointment +353 (0)87 245 8250 [email protected] www.revivedandretro.ie 9 Isabelle Gaborit 13 True Food Academy Isabelle Gaborit is an encaustic artist. Encaustic Nutritional therapist Colette McMahon is the ancient technique of molten beeswax is a certified GAPS (Gut and Psychology as a painting medium. Working in her light- Syndrome) practitioner. In the True Food filled studio with its views of the forest and Academy’s purpose-built kitchen, she lakeshore, she layers pigmented beeswax runs day workshops on the GAPS dietary with mixed media, photography, digital print approach to good health and Nutrition4Life and collage to build semi-transparent layers, courses over five weeks. People learn stripping some and concealing others, to about the digestive system and how good create subtle yet colourful landscapes. Her studio is part of the East and bad foods affect it and overall health. Clare Artists’ Trail and visitors are welcome by arrangement. She also Shorter courses are held on Fermented holds encaustic workshops throughout the year. Foods, Raw Food and Juicing, Sourdough Bread and the GAPS diet while Talk Demo Taste workshops are offered at local food festivals throughout the year. Whitegate, Co Clare Phone/email to make appointment Mountshannon, Co Clare +353 (0)87 279 3819 [email protected] Check for courses +353 (0)87 659 5417 www.isabellegaborit.com [email protected] www.truefoodacademy.com 10 Marina Postir Ceramics Neddy’s Cottage 14 Vivienne Bogan A Ceramic art Studio/Shop with a wide variety of ceramic items for Inspired by the east Clare landscape, artist sale, ranging from Atlantic Waves, Vivienne explores the connections between the Birds, and Flowers to Celtic Zodiac earth, human emotions and inner life.