# The best Irish cheeses

Cashel Blue, Durrus, Gubbeen and Milleens: the farmhouse cheeses that put Ireland on the cheese map, from Wikipedia's list of Irish cheeses.

- 1122 votes · 18 items
- Nov 11, 2019 · lucas_gymrat
- https://even.best/en/l/3049/the-best-irish-cheeses

## Top 18

1. **Cashel Blue** (109 · ▲115 ▼6) — Ireland's farmhouse blue from Tipperary.
2. **Durrus** (76 · ▲85 ▼9) — Raw-milk washed-rind cheese from West Cork.
3. **Gubbeen** (73 · ▲82 ▼9) — Washed-rind cheese from Schull, also smoked.
4. **Ardrahan** (61 · ▲66 ▼5) — Washed-rind cheese from Cork.
5. **Milleens** (54 · ▲62 ▼8) — Pioneering washed-rind cheese from the Beara peninsula.
6. **Coolea** (52 · ▲62 ▼10) — Gouda-style cheese from Cork.
7. **Dubliner** (49 · ▲54 ▼5) — Mature cheese with a sweet finish.
8. **St Tola** (44 · ▲53 ▼9) — Goat's cheese from Clare.
9. **Burren Gold** (37 · ▲46 ▼9) — Raw-milk cheese from County Clare.
10. **Corleggy** (36 · ▲45 ▼9) — Raw-milk cheeses from Cavan.
11. **Mount Callan Cheddar** (35 · ▲41 ▼6) — Farmhouse cheddar from Clare.
12. **Carrigaline** (32 · ▲43 ▼11) — Mild farmhouse cheese from Cork.
13. **Cratloe Hills** (31 · ▲40 ▼9) — Sheep's cheese from Clare.
14. **Ardsallagh** (30 · ▲36 ▼6) — Goat's cheese from Cork.
15. **Glebe Brethan** (29 · ▲42 ▼13) — Raw-milk Alpine-style cheese from Louth.
16. **Cooleeney** (25 · ▲35 ▼10) — Camembert-style cheese from Tipperary.
17. **Imokilly Regato** (20 · ▲25 ▼5) — Protected hard cheese from Cork.
18. **Coolattin Cheddar** (17 · ▲34 ▼17) — Raw-milk cheddar from Carlow.

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