Little Ireland Meats

As the owner and chief of Little Ireland Meats, I have a mission to provide Quality and Service. I source, supply and deliver the best products available in Ireland, to private clients based in southern France and northern Spain. I will only supply the best Prime Irish Heifer Beef, Prime Quality Irish Lamb, Irish Pork and Bacon, and other highly desired Irish Dairy products and Brand Leaders. I gr

ew up in a butchering family environment in Cork, Ireland, which provides me with many happy memories. My father Dan (9) and his brother Ted (11) were forced to begin trading when their father died suddenly, in order to feed Mum and seven children. They were successful and both continued to have long careers in the meat business, Ted went big and Dan stayed small. My Dad had two shops on the north side of the city. He grew up in a big house 86 Gerald Griffin St, where they had horses, and he started across the street at number 17 renting a front with a window. There were no fridges then so they would pick the meat up in the early morning at the Cold Store and return it in the evening with horse and cart. He used to travel to fairs to buy livestock and it was arranged for them to be transported to Cork by train. They would then be herded from there. Butcher shops were open until late at night on end of weekdays, as there was trade after pub closing time. There was a speciality available back then, trotters and cruibíns, (sheep”s feet and pig´”s feet). I spent time with my Dad when I was small visiting Marts and farmers and spending time in the shop. I remember clearly the first time I experienced such different smells. I remember seeing my first animal dropped, and I remember the first characters I met there also. I asked my Dad for holiday work in 1976 when I was 11 and that was it, I was hooked like himself. I loved the job. I loved working with animals, working with meat, dealing with good folks every day, and spending time in and out of kitchens. By that time, even more big changes were underway with my father expanding his business and redeveloping. I joined full time and everything was sweet. Nobody could have predicted the devastating effect of BSE (known as Mad Cow Disease) on those farming and in the meat business. It proved fatal for my Dad's business and I think contributed to his untimely death in the same year, 1995. I was devastated and I miss him so much. He is never far from my thoughts. Dad had a simple slogan:
Quality and Service. My mission is to continue with tta level of quality and service. I spent time in Ireland during the summer (2018) and visited and sourced the finest producers in the business offering the highest quality products available on the market. I have organised a smooth chain of transport and I am in a position to deliver quality and service to your door. I have strong butchering heritage and I demand only the best quality meats and supplies for my customers. I have been to visit the Heifer Farm where the animals are reared and visited the Bórd Bía(Irish Food Board) Approved abattoir. Lambs are reared by neighbouring farmers all Bórd Bia approved. The same approval applies to all my suppliers and producers. I also supply Irish Pork and Irish Bacon products. I have visited many suppliers and selected the best. My customers and their satisfaction and pleasure are most important to me. Each and all will be treated to my highest standard of Quality and excellent Service. I will offer a range of delicious products at reasonable and competitive prices. How it works! I provide meats from award-winning suppliers*. There is a minimum order of €150. Group orders are encouraged. Orders will be paid for online. There will be an adjustment to the bill which will be made on delivery (this is because weights are variable). Customers order and pay online. I order directly from my award-winning suppliers in Ireland. I deliver your order directly to your home.

*All products are of Irish origin unless otherwise stated.