Gleann Gabhra

{{Short description|Irish cheese company}}

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| name = Gleann Gabhra

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| country = Ireland

| region = County Meath

| town = Macetown, Tara

| source = Goat

| pasteurised = Yes

| texture = Semi-Soft

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| aging = Three months

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Gleann Gabhra is a small award-winning Irish cheese company owned by Dominic and Fionnuala Gryson located in Macetown near the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland, producing a single cheese, Tara Bán, a mild-flavoured goat's Cheddar with a firm texture and brilliant white colour. Dominic and Fionnuala Gryson began producing cheese here in 2010 using pasteurised milk from his herd of goats.{{cite book|author1=Glynn Anderson|author2=John McLaughlin|title=Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland: A Celebration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7o6JZwEACAAJ|accessdate=13 November 2011|date=August 2011|publisher=The Collins Press|isbn=978-1-84889-121-0|page=201}}

The farm began in 1996 with the purchase of {{convert|20|acre|ha|0|abbr=off|spell=in|order=flip}} to grow beef, grain and potatoes. An unsuccessful attempt to raise and sell goat's milk led to the purchase of a pasteurisation unit in 2010. They began making cheese and selling at local markets; by 2011, the farm had grown to a herd of 140 dairy goats with a yield of between {{convert|900|and|1,000|L|abbr=on}} of milk annually.[http://www.healthandbeautyreview.co.za/milking-a-gap-in-the-health-market/ Milking a gap in a health market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507054544/http://www.healthandbeautyreview.co.za/milking-a-gap-in-the-health-market/ |date=2011-05-07 }} archived from [http://www.independent.ie/farming/news-features/milking-a-gap-in-the-health-market-2629109.html Irish Independent article] They are currently making a wide variety of goat's milk products, and have made claims that goat's milk can relieve a number of ailments.{{cite web | title = Farm - Farming - Extending range of products is focus for Gleann Gabhra | url = http://www.farmersjournal.ie/site/farming-Extending-range-of-products-is-focus-for-Gleann-Gabhra-12431.html | accessdate = 2011-11-25 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120731184805/http://www.farmersjournal.ie/site/farming-Extending-range-of-products-is-focus-for-Gleann-Gabhra-12431.html | archivedate = 2012-07-31 }}