List of Irish Cheese

Saturday night I took Sue McGleno to the Moose Country Pub to visit with a former colleague who had recently got married.

The guy was a dough mixer, and I worked side by side with the kid for 7 years.

I have never been one to get excited to go to weddings or funerals, but this event was more of a post wedding party (the couple tied the knot several weeks ago during an elopement in Seattle) where people didn't really get all that dolled up.

At the party, some random guy just steps up to a special corner table I had reserved for my wife and I to secure some privacy...and the random guy asks.....

"What did one fly say to the other fly?"

To which Sue McGleno and I exchanged looks of befuddlement......

"Is that stool taken?" the guy says answering his own question while proceeding to sit down and become the 5th wheel.

Usually I have no problem being "that guy", and the thought did occur to me that I might shoo this guy away....

But there just wasn't much available seating, and the guys generosity in sharing his personal views on blood thinners and WW2 campaigns was really quite endearing.

After awhile the random guy took off to smoke, and truth be told I thought we had lost him to the festivities, but alas.......how fortunate was I to have him return with the following message that God seemed to have lain upon his heart.......

"Did you know they make more different kinds of cheese in Ireland than they do in Wisconsin?"

Random man never backed this claim up with any rational statistics, but the thought in of itself was enough to make me glad that I had attended this extravaganza.

I don't know how the following stacks up against Wisconsin (or any other part of the world for that matter), but I did find this cheese grid, and I must say....I found it quite impressive.

Cheese Name	Type	Milk	Rennet	Notes	Producer
Abbey Blue Brie	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Blue	Abbey Cheese Company
Abbey Smoked Brie	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Smoked Brie	Abbey Cheese Company
Ardagh Castle Gjetost	Goat	Raw	Vegetarian		Ardagh Castle cheese
Ardagh Castle Goats Cheese	Goat (from whey)	Raw	Vegetarian	Wensleyday style	Ardagh Castle cheese
Ardagh Castle Ricotta	Goat (from whey)	Raw	Vegetarian	Ricotta	Ardagh Castle cheese
Ardrahan	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Ardrahan Cheese
Ardsallagh Hard Goat’s Cheese	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Ardsallagh Goats Products
Ardsallagh Smoked Cheese	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Ardsallagh Goats Products
Ardsallagh Soft Goat’s Cheese	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Ardsallagh Goats Products
Ballintubber Cheddar with Chives	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Cahills Farm cheese
Ballybrie	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Soft Creamy Brie	Fivemiletown Creamery
Ballyblue	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Soft Blue Brie	Fivemiletown Creamery
Ballyoak	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Soft Smoked Brie	Fivemiletown Creamery
Ballyhooly Blue	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Fermoy Natural Cheese
Ballyporeen with Mixed Irish Herbs	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Cahills Farm cheese
Bay Lough Cheddar	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Bay Lough cheese
Bay Lough Cheddar Smoked	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Bay Lough cheese
Bay Lough Cheddar Smoked with Garlic & Herbs	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Bay Lough cheese
Bay Lough Cheddar With Garlic & Herbs	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Bay Lough cheese
Beal Handmade Cheddar	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Béal Organic Cheese
Beal Raw Milk Cheddar	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Béal Organic Cheese
Beara Blue	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Blue Stilton style	Knockatee Cheese
Bellingham Blue	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Glyde Farm Produce
Bluebell Falls Cygnus	Goat	Heat Treated	Vegetarian		Bluebell Falls Cheese
Bluebell Falls Cygnus with Honey	Goat	Heat Treated	Vegetarian		Bluebell Falls Cheese
Bluebell Falls Cygnus with Pepper	Goat	Heat Treated	Vegetarian		Bluebell Falls Cheese
Bluebell Falls Orion	Goat	Heat Treated	Vegetarian		Bluebell Falls Cheese
Bluebell Falls Pegasus	Goat	Heat Treated	Vegetarian		Bluebell Falls Cheese
Boilie Cheese Pearls	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Soft Creamy cheese pearls marinated in peppercorns infused in a garlic oil	Fivemiletown Creamery
Boilie Goats Cheese Pearls	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Soft Creamy cheese pearls marinated in peppercorns infused in a garlic oil	Fivemiletown Creamery
Boyne Valley Blue	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Glyde Farm Produce
Burren Gold	Cow	Raw			Burren Gold
Cahill’s Ardagh Wine Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Cahills Farm cheese
Cahill’s Original Irish Porter Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Cahills Farm cheese
Cahill’s Whiskey Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Cahills Farm cheese
Cais Dubh	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Fermoy Natural Cheese
Cais Rua	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Fermoy Natural Cheese
Carlow Cheese	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Edam style	Carlow Cheese
Carlow Cheese Flavoured	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Flavored Edam style	Carlow Cheese
Carrigaline	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Carrigaline Farmhouse Cheese
Carrigaline Beech Smoked	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Carrigaline Farmhouse Cheese
Carrigaline Garlic & Herb	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Carrigaline Farmhouse Cheese
Carrowholly	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian	Gouda style	Carrowholly cheese
Carrowholly Cheese Flavoured	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian	Gouda style	Carrowholly cheese
Cashel Blue	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Blue	J&L Grubb
Chulchoill	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese
Cleire Goats Cheese	Goat	Raw	N/A	Cheese curd	Cleire Goats Cheese
Clonmore Cheese	Goat	Heat Treated	Vegetarian	Gouda style	Clonmore Cheese
Coleraine cheddar	Cow	???	Traditional	Cheddar style	Coleraine cheddar
Coolattin Cheddar	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Cheddar style	Coolattin Cheddar
Coolea Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional	Gouda style	Coolea Cheese
Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian	Camembert style	Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese
Natural Goats Log	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Creamy, lemony fresh tang	Fivemiletown Creamery
Corkotta	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Made from Whey	Fermoy Natural Cheese
Corleggy Goat’s Cheese	Goat	Raw	Vegetarian		Corleggy Cheese
Cratloe Hills	Sheep	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Pecorino style	Cratloe Hills
Creeny	Sheep	Raw	Vegetarian	Pecorino style	Corleggy Cheese
Croghan	Goat	Raw	Vegetarian		Croghan Cheese
Crozier Blue	Sheep	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Blue	J&L Grubb
Daru	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese
Desmond	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian	Thermophilic (Swiss style)	West Cork Natural Cheese
Dilliskus	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Dingle Peninsula Cheese
Doolin	Cow				Doolin Cheese
Dromana Flavoured	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Knockalara Farmhouse Cheese
Drumlin	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Corleggy Cheese
Dubliner	Cow	Heat Treated	Vegetarian	Cheddar style	Dubliner Cheese
Duhallow	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Ardrahan Cheese
Dunbarra	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Camembert style	Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese
Durrus Cheese	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Durrus Cheese
Emerald	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Fermoy Natural Cheese
Emerald Irish Brie	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Brie	Carrigbyrne cheese
Fivemiletown Cheddar Range	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Mild, Medium, Mature, Extra Mature, Ligher Mature, Mild and Medium Sliced	Fivemiletown Creamery
Gabriel	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian	Thermophilic (Swiss style)	West Cork Natural Cheese
Gleann Oir	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Brie	Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese
Glebe Brethan	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Comté style	Glebe Brethan
Gortnamona	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Camembert style	Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese
Gubbeen	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional		Gubbeen Farmhouse Cheese
Hegarty’s Cheddar	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Cheddar style	Hegarty’s Cheddar
Hibernia	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Fermoy Natural Cheese
Imokilly Regato	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional	Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)	Dairygold
Kerry Blue	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Blue Stilton style	Knockatee Cheese
Kilcummin	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Dingle Peninsula Cheese
Killeen Cow’s Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional	Gouda style	Killeen Farmhouse Cheese
Killeen Goat’s Cheese	Goat	Pasteurized	Traditional	Gouda style	Killeen Farmhouse Cheese
Knockalara Semi-Hard Sheeps Cheese	Sheep	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Knockalara Farmhouse Cheese
Knockalara Sheep’s Cheese	Sheep	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Knockalara Farmhouse Cheese
Knockanore Flavoured	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian		Knockanore Farmhouse Cheese
Knockanore Plain	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian	Cheddar style	Knockanore Farmhouse Cheese
Knockanore Smoked	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian	Smoked Applewood	Knockanore Farmhouse Cheese
Knockatee Cheddar	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Cheddar style	Knockatee Cheese
Knockatee Gouda	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Gouda style	Knockatee Cheese
Knockdrinna Fresh Goats Log	Goat	Pasteurized	Traditional		Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese
Knockdrinna Goat’s Brined Cheese	Goat	Pasteurized	Traditional	Feta style	Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese
Knockdrinna Gold	Goat	Pasteurized	Traditional	Tomme style	Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese
Knockdrinna Meadow Sheep’s Cheese	Sheep	Pasteurized	Traditional	Tomme style	Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese
Knockdrinna Snow	Goat	Pasteurized	Traditional	Camembert style	Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese
Lavistown	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional		Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese
Maighean	Cow	Raw	Vegetarian	Camembert style	Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese
Milleens	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional	Munster style	Milleens
Millhouse Sheep’s Cheese	Sheep	Raw	Vegetarian		Millhouse Sheep’s Cheese
Mine-gabhar	Goat	Raw	Vegetarian		Croghan Cheese
Moonshine Organic Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Organic	Moonshine Farm Cheese
Mossfield	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Organic, Gouda style	Mossfield Organic Farm
Mossfield Flavoured	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Organic, Gouda style	Mossfield Organic Farm
Mossfield Mature	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Organic, Gouda style	Mossfield Organic Farm
Mount Callan Cheddar	Cow	Raw	Traditional	Cheddar style	Mount Callan Cheddar
Oakwood	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Naturally Smoked Mature Cheddar, Also comes in grated bags	Fivemiletown Creamery
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Blueberries	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Chilli	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Chives	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Cranberries	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Herb & Garlic	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Irish Porter	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Red Wine	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Walnuts	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Cheddar with Whiskey	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Extra Mature White Cheddar	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old Irish Creamery Smoked Cheddar	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		JOD Foods
Old MacDonnells Fresh Cow’s Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Old MacDonnells Farm Cheese
Old MacDonnells Fresh Goat’s Cheese	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Old MacDonnells Farm Cheese
Orchard Cottage Fresh Goat’s Cheese	Goat	Raw	Vegetarian		Orchard Cottage Dairy
Orchard Cottage Goat’s Cheese in Oil	Goat	Raw	Vegetarian		Orchard Cottage Dairy
Orla Cheese	Sheep	Raw	Vegetarian		Orla Cheese
Paddy Jack Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Gouda style	Abbey Cheese Company
Shandrum	Cow	Heat Treated	Vegetarian	Gouda style	Clonmore Cheese
Smoked Ardrahan	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Ardrahan Cheese
Smoked Gubbeen	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional		Gubbeen Farmhouse Cheese
St Brendan	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Brie	Carrigbyrne cheese
St Brendan Brie Mini	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Brie	Carrigbyrne cheese
St Brigid	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Fermoy Natural Cheese
St Brigid Beag	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Fermoy Natural Cheese
St Gall	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Fermoy Natural Cheese
St Kevin Brie	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese
St Killian	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Carrigbyrne cheese
St Tola Divine	Goat	Pasteurized	Traditional	Organic	St Tola
St Tola Hard Goat’s	Goat	Raw	Traditional	Organic	St Tola
St Tola Log	Goat	Raw	Traditional	Organic	St Tola
Tara Ban	Goat	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Goat's Cheddar style	Gleann Gabhra
Tipperary Brie	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian	Brie	Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheese
Triskel Dew Drop	Goat	Raw	Traditional		Triskel Cheese
Triskel Gwenned	Cow	Raw	Traditional		Triskel Cheese
Triskel Pyramid	Goat	Raw	Traditional		Triskel Cheese
Waterford Greek Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Knockalara Farmhouse Cheese
Wicklow Baun	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese
Wicklow Blue	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese
Wicklow Gold	Cow	Pasteurized	Vegetarian		Wicklow Farmhouse Cheese
Wilma’s Killorglin Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional	Gouda style	Killorglin Cheese
Wilma’s Killorglin Flavored Cheese	Cow	Pasteurized	Traditional	Gouda style	Killorglin Cheese