Durrus Irish Farmhouse Cheese is a raw milk cheese, made by Jeffa Gill since 1979 in the beautiful upland valley of Coomkeen on the Sheep’s Head peninsula, in the far south-west of Ireland.

Durrus is a lovely coral-colored, semi-soft, washed-rind cheese, made from the milk of local herds. The complex, deep flavor of the cheese captures something of the wild elemental nature of this part of Ireland, where, sometimes, the sun shines, but more often, the wind blows in salt-drenched rain from the Atlantic.

The initial flavors of the cheese are sweet, developing to mushroomy, with a rich creaminess. The flavor has length and depth due to the raw milk and the texture is soft, smooth and creamy.

Jeffa Gill has won Irish, British, International and Cheese awards with her Durrus that is made with using traditional cheese making methods.