Goatsbridge Trout Farm at the Foodcamp 2012
Goatsbridge certainly didn’t miss the Foodcamp at the “Savour festival” in Kilkenny! In fact, Mag Kirwan, one of the directors of Goatsbridge, organized it all. The topic of the Foodcamp was “Taking Back Our Food – Avoiding a delicious disaster!”. This was a very good chance to talk to people about aquaculture and its role in supply your table with good quality seafood products. Elena Piana, fish scientist of the farm, gave a presentation with the topic “What’s All This Farmed Fish Rumour About?”. Our esteemed guest was Shane Hunter, director of AquaBiotech, who gave a presentation on the latest technological advances in aquaculture production. Shane Hunter is the director of AquaBiotech, a leading independent aquaculture, fisheries and environmental consulting, company located in Malta and operating on a truly global scale.
During Elena’s talk a few interesting topics came up. For example “What does “organic” really mean? What is the real definition of this word? Everyone stood up to give his/her own opinions and it was fantastic!!!
Media Coverage of Irish Trout Caviar
June News
- Cork Examiner
There is something fishy going on in Goatsbridge | Irish Examiner
The Menu with Joe McNamee. Saturday, June 02, 2012. Love Gourmet Week.
www.irishexaminer.com/…/there-is-something-fishy-going-on…
- Wexford enterprise Board Talk
Mag Kirwan from Goatsbridge Trout Farm on Vimeo
March 2012
Caviar
- Irish Times: Kilkenny couple row in behind trout caviar, egged on by restaurant feedback
- Good Food Ireland: Kilkenny firm launches Irish caviar
- IEPart.com: Russian buyers take bait as Ireland’s first trout caviar ‘goes down a treat’
- iRadio: Irish Caviar Coming To A Restaurant Near You Soon
- Business & Leadership: Ireland’s first trout caviar appeals to Russian buyers
- Any Given Food: Irish Trout Caviar by Goatsbridge Trout Farm
- Kilkenny People: Kilkenny couple launch Ireland’s first caviar
Six-week ‘mission impossible’ grant deadline criticised.
Irish Examiner, November 16, 2010
EARMARKED recipients for €1.75 million in capital grants for seafood processing and aquaculture projects have said that being given six weeks in which to order, purchase and install new equipment is too tight a timeframe. Some companies, however, already have their projects under way.
One of those is Mags Kirwan of Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kfmhkfqlsnkf/rss2/
South East Women in Business – Entrepreneur of the year award
November 13th, 2010
On September 17th at the SE Women in Business Conference, Margaret Kirwan of Goatsbridge Trout Farm was chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year. No other person deserves this accolade as much as Mag who has worked extremely hard over the last number of years to establish Goats Bridge Trout Farm as one of, if not, THE finest trout producer in Ireland. It is with great delight that we at Kilkenny Business Women’s Network congratulate Mag on her fabulous achievement. Well done!
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.kilkennynetwork.com/news.html
Kilkenny Represented at Good Food Ireland Awards.
November 12th, 2010
The Good Food Ireland Annual Awards are taking place on November 15th at The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin and going through the list of award nominees, it’s nice to see some Kilkenny restaurants and food producers on the list. Goatsbridge Trout Farm, run by husband and wife team Mag and Gerard Kirwan are listed in the Best Producer category
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.anygivenfood.com/tag/kilkenny/
Savouring Kilkenny
October 28th, 2010
On Friday last I was at the first ever Irish Food Camp which was held in Kilkenny as part of the Savour Kilkenny weekend. It was terrific.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://ayearinredwood.wordpress.com/
“Digging Ireland out of recession – Artisan produce, Food innovation, Guerrilla marketing”
October 28th, 2010
The Savour Kilkenny foodcamp panel discussion entitled “Digging Ireland out of the recession – Artisan produce, Food Innovation and Guerrilla Marketing” was held at the Ormonde Hotel on 22nd October 2010.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Next-Step-International/228906401735
Local solutions to national problem.
Sunday Business Post, October 17th 2010
Mag Kirwan, of Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Thomastown, is a driving force behind the Kilkenny FoodCamp event. A biochemist and trout farmer, Kirwan runs the first trout farm in Europe to supply customers with boneless trout fillets, processed by means of a machine she devised with her husband and business partner, Ger Kirwan.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.sbpost.ie/newsfeatures/local-solutions-to-national-problem-52299.html
A Taste of Kilkenny at Flavours of Ireland London
October 2010
Mag Kirwan of Goatsbridge Trout Farm and Helen Finnegan of Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese in Stoneyford Kilkenny together with other members of Good Food Ireland, were on hand to showcase the very best of food from around the island of Ireland, at the recent Flavours of Ireland 2010 event in London, organised by Tourism Ireland.
READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.advertiser.ie/kilkenny/article/32509
Future Bright for the Kilkenny Food Trail Irish Independent
October 12th 2010
The Kilkenny Food Trail is a worthwhile project that could be replicated in every county across Ireland. It brings together 29 businesses connected with food, including a wide range of food producers, speciality food shops, restaurants and even Kilkenny’s Cillín Hill livestock mart. According to one of the members of the food trail, Mag Kirwan of Goatsbridge Trout Farm, the food trail has not only added to sales, but it has also helped producers to showcase their products.
READ FULL ARTICLE: Online here
Kilkenny Business Woman Wins Female Entrepreneur Award
Kilkenny People, 21st September 2010
Dynamic Kilkenny businesswoman, Mags Kirwan of Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Thomastown, has been named the South East’s Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2010.
READ FULL ARTICLE: KilkennyPeople.ie
August 26th 2010
Banks not giving credit where it’s due. Irish Independent
Mag Kirwan, who is shortlisted for the South East Female Excellence in Business award, runs Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Kilkenny with her husband. The biochemist has been trying to change the image of trout among Irish consumers. “We, as an industry, were very poor to promote this product,” she admitted. “We lost our market share. You had fish being imported that were perceived to be exotic fish because people had gone on holiday and experienced other fish.”
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http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/banks-not-giving-credit-where-its-due-2311947.html
July-August 2010
Very Important Producer
Dianne Curtin visits Kilkenny and discovers the ancient and modern techniques
of the fine-tasting produce of Goatsbridge Trout Farm.
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Dianne Curtin discovers fine-tasting produce of Goatsbridge Trout Farm.
May 2010
Good Food Ireland – Goatsbridge Trout Farm
Eco Friendly Fish Farm: It is hard to say when the story of Goatsbridge Trout really begins. Is it with the monks who fished on the banks of the Little Arrigle at Jerpoint Abbey in the twelfth century? Is it with Padraig Kirwan who, along with wife Rita, developed a business selling trout to local Kilkenny restaurants and hotels in the 60′s and 70′s? The truth is that it really doesn’t matter. In fact, the truth is that Goatsbridge Trout is about all of its history.
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http://www.goodfoodireland.ie/Member377/Goatsbridge-Trout-Farm-Kilkenny.html
April 21st 2010
Launch of Kilkenny Food Trail
Mag Kirwan and Ross Golden-Bannon last Monday at the hugely enjoyable launch of the Kilkenny Food Trail.
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http://kilkennyfood.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
April 20th 2010
Gourmet Kilkenny lures ‘gastro tourists’ Irish Times
A NEW food trail showcasing 38 local food producers and restaurants has been launched in Co Kilkenny. Well-known local food producers on the trail include Lavistown gourmet sausages, Knockdrinna Farmhouse cheese and Goatsbridge Trout Farm. Kilkenny city restaurants Zuni and Campagne are also involved.
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0420/1224268698800.html
April 18th 2010
Travelling on a tasty trail in Kilkenny: Sunday Business Post
Co Kilkenny is putting its best foot forward to highlight its array of artisan food producers with the Taste of Kilkenny Food Trail. The food trail guide and map is the latest addition to the Kilkenny’s collection of river and scenic walking and cycling trails, and is designed to promote the lush county as a key gastronomic destination.
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http://www.thepost.ie/archives/2010/0418/bite-size-48584.html
April 18th 2010
Ireland – New Ideas in Farming – International Meat Trade Daily from Argentina
Gerard & Margaret Kirwan, Goatsbridge Trout Farm, Kilkenny (suppliers of live trout for restocking lakes etc., plus trout for restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and wholesalers)
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http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160410/nireland___new_ideas_in_farming.aspx
April 18th 2010
JFC Innovation Awards for Rural Business – The Impartial Reporter – Enniskillen
Gerard & Margaret Kirwan, Goatsbridge Trout Farm, Kilkenny (suppliers of live trout for restocking lakes etc., plus trout for restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and wholesalers)
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http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/04/08/391155-quadcrates-in-rural-business-final-/
March 12th 2010
Trout farm hopeful of innovation award Kilkenny Adviser
A Kilkenny trout farm has been shortlisted for a rural innovation award. The JFC Innovation Awards recognise innovation and efforts to secure a sustainable future for our families and the wider rural community. This year Gerard and Margaret Kirwan of Goatsbridge Trout Farm, based in Thomastown, are proud finalists. The Kirwans have been instrumental in promoting the return of Irish trout to the kitchen and restaurant tables.
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http://www.advertiser.ie/kilkenny/article/23540
Thursday Oct 22, 2009
Ireland AM TV3
Goatsbridge Trout Farm are featured on TV3 – Ireland AM announcing the launch of Kilkenny’s Savour Food Festival. Margaret Kirwan of Goatsbridge Trout comes together with Master Chef Eugene McSweeney of the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Anne Neary of Ryeland House Cookery School, Helen Finnegan from Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese and others to promote and launch the annual festival which supports Irish food producers.
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http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=15216&locID=
Friday Oct 23, 2009
The Kilkenny People
Savour Kilkenny is an annual food celebration which showcases the produce of local artisan food producers. This year Goatsbridge Trout Farm alongside twelve other local food producers served up a ten course feast to John McKenna of the Bridgestone Food Guide and John Hickey, Director of Supervalu. Also involved in the event at the Castlecomer Discovery Park were Ryeland House Cookery School, Two Little Cooks, A Slice of Heaven, Marvelway, The Blueberry Cafe, Carlow Foods, Bia Suir, Tasteworks, Killowen Yoghurt, Knockdrinna Cheese and Sowan Organics.
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Sample new local artisan food products
Saturday Sept 26, 2009
Country Living The Farmers Journal
Darragh McCullough of the Irish Farmers Journal attends an Open Day at Goatsbridge Trout Farm where he rubs shoulders with high profile chefs such as Darina Allen of Ballymalloe Cookery School and Kevin Dundon of Dunbrody Country house hotel. Goatsbridge Trout Farm produces nearly €1 million worth of trout each year and has recently launched boneless trout fillets to the market. Owners Ger and Mag Kirwan are keen that people visit the farm to see exactly where their trout comes from. Judging by those who have already taken them up this offer, it looks like we’ll be hearing a lot more about Goatsbridge Trout for some time to come.
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“Hook, Line and Sinker” by Darragh McCullough
Saturday Sept 14, 2009
The Irish Examiner:
Darina Allen, celebrity chef of Ballymalloe cookery school visits Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Thomastown, Kilkenny. There she meets generations of the Kirwan family who have produced trout beside the Millstream, originally dug out by the monks of Jerpoint Abbey. Supported by the Slow Food movement, Ger and Mag Kirwan also shared their platform with other local food producers such as Oldtown Hill Bakehouse and Knockdrinna Cheese.
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“Food Fairs Cater for all Tastes” by Darina Allen
Sunday August 23, 2009
RTE The Business Show
With competition in the food sector being tough and getting tougher, Tim Desmond paid a visit to the oldest privately-owned trout farm in the country, where Mag and Ger Kirwan are adapting to meet the demands of the evolving Irish palette.
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Programme 46: NO GOATS AT TROUTBRIDGE (clip starts at 38 minutes and 29 seconds )
July 24th 2009
Goatsbridge trout farm are leaders in their market. Kilkenny Advertiser
A Kilkenny fish farm is leading the way in the provision of live fish. At Goatsbridge trout farm they take pride in their fish and their unique approach is guided by their passion for purity, sustainability, eco-friendliness and superbly tasting trout. Founded 48 years ago Goatsbridge trout farm is located at Jerpoint Abbey near Thomastown, Co Kilkenny.
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http://www.advertiser.ie/kilkenny/article/15046
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Irish Times
Marie-Claire Digby thinks it’s time to try out Goatsbridge Trout especially when it is appearing on the menu of one of the country’s best restaurants, Garrett Byrne and Brid Hannon’s Campagne Restaurant in Kilkenny.
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“Time to try trout” by Marie-Claire Digby
Friday April 17, 2009
Kilkenny People
Katharine Blake talks to Margaret Kirwan of Goatsbridge Trout Farm about how trout is being made sexier, like Sea Bass and Monkfish. As they make their way around the four-acre trout farm in Thomastown they chat about entrepreneurship and day-to-day working combined with family living on a thriving trout farm.
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“Goatsbridge Trout Farm Alive Alive-O” by Katharine Blake
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Irish Times
Roisin Ingle drops into Goatsbridge Trout Farm and picks up some trout – smoked trout, hot trout, cold trout, as well as fat, fresh fillets caught that morning. Later she wastes no time trying it out using one of Margaret Kirwan’s favourite recipes. The result – “Mmmm, a total taste sensation”.
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“That’s dinner sorted” by Roisin Ingle
