Opening Times
Times vary from day to day. Please call Frances to arrange farm visit.

Groups:
Groups are welcome to Rathbaun Farm year round. Booking can be made directly or with your local tour operator or travel agent. A group tour of the farm takes 1 hour 15 minutes including a guided tour of the farm and refreshments be it morning coffee or lunch.

For Tour operators with groups with early arrivals at Shannon Airport can have sit down breakfast at Rathbaun Farm.

Individuals:
During opening times independent visitors are welcome to visit the farm. Please call Frances well in advance i.e 24 hours to arrange a suitable time.

A True Taste of Irish Country Cooking
Have an evening visit followed by home cooked dinner of bacon, cabbage and potatoes served straight from the pot to the table. These visits can be tailored to suit individual groups.

Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea - Lunch
Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea
Includes
Farm Visit*
Freshly baked Scones
With Jam and Cream
Porter Cake

Lunch
Includes
Farm Visit*
Home-made Vegetable Soup
Ploughman’s Platter and Home-made Soda Bread
Fruit Crumble & Cream

Scone Making
Don the apron, roll up your sleeves, and follow the step-by-step instructions of the Frances and the farmhouse cooks. Mix the ingredients and knead the dough to make your very own delicious scones. Take a visit down to the farm with Fintan, while your scones are cooking, and when you return, smell and taste your culinary creation when it comes out baked from the farmhouse oven. Enjoy with fresh cream and preserves and a delicious cup of tea or coffee and you’ll be eager to show off your new talent when you return home!

*Fintan’s Farm Tour
During a visit to Rathbaun Farm there are many opportunities for everyone to experience farm life. Visitors are encouraged to ask questions and participate along the way. Fintan will talk about the animals and give an insight into the daily chores of a rural farmer.

Sheep Shearing
Sheep are sheared coming into the summer months. Fintan will give a skilled demonstration of this task. Years of hard work make it look all too easy.

Rounding up the Sheep
Fintan is joined by Buff, Rathbaun’s very own Border Collie, a valuable member of staff who will help him round up the sheep from various corners of the field.

Feeding The Lambs
Plenty of oohs! and aahs! as tiny lambs toddle out to be hand-fed with bottles of milk. This is a necessary part of farm life but a truly remarkable, fun experience for visitors of all ages.