Abbey Cheese Company is owned and run by Pat "Paddy" Hyland (also known as "Paddy Jack") since 1991 from his dairy farm, and started as a way to increase revenues from surplus milk. All milk is sourced from a local herd of Friesians. His first cheese was initially seen as a risky proposition - a soft blue cheese similar in style to Cambozola

Cambozola

Cambozola is a cow's milk cheese that is a combination of a French soft-ripened triple cream cheese and Italian Gorgonzola.-History:It was patented and industrially produced for the world market by large German company Champignon in the 1970s. The cheese was invented circa 1900 and is still...

. It was successful and since then Pat has added other cheeses to his range.

Products

• Abbey Blue Brie - notable as being the first Irish blue brie-style cheese.
• Abbey Smoked Brie - a creamy brie with a smokey flavour achieved by smoking over ash for five hours.
• St. Canice - a feta-style cheese made from goat's milk
• Paddy Jack - a distinctive gouda-style cheese covered in black ash.