Caroline Allen

Ireland

News Journalist at AgriLand

Freelance journalist; writes on rural living for https://t.co/UFp16iqbTN; features for Laois Today; Business Post; Irish Interiors. Also covers travel/lifestyle/food

Articles

The woodland wanderings of a Cavan-based jewellery artist

1 week ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

Cavan-based jewellery artist, Gillian Corcoran, combines her love of wildflowers, the natural world and crafting in her farm-based enterprise, Lost Forest. Gillian told Agriland: “Our dairy farm is situated just outside Ballyjamesduff. I’m originally from Dublin, but I have had a great affinity with the countryside since I was a child. “When I married a wonderful farmer, Paul, in 2018, my farming life began.”Gillian has always been happy to roll up her sleeves.
Fit Farmers founder gets to the heart of the mart

1 week ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

On her first visit to Roscommon Mart since childhood, Fit Farmers founder, Laura Tully, provided farmers in attendance with short health and movement education sessions and signposted the array of health screening and supports available on the day.
Working towards a new peatlands architecture

1 week ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

A new project that aims to nurture a new, sustainable relationship with Ireland’s ecologically and culturally important peatlands landscape will be launched next weekend at the Bog Trotters’ Festival in Clara, Co. Offaly. Titled ‘Bog Bothy’, will be presented by the Irish Architecture Foundation and the organisation 12th Field – which works in the areas of research, mapping, advocacy, and creative design.
Co. Galway farmer fronts campaign to retain second teacher

2 weeks ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

A Co. Galway farmer is working to attract new pupils to his children’s national school so that a second teacher can be retained. Paddy Curran, a dry cattle and sheep farmer, lives across from the school, Scoil Naomh Pádraig, An Chloch Bhreac, and is also part of the parents’ committee. The school is set to lose three of its seven pupils next September, which would result in the loss of its second teacher.
25 years of haymaking in Trim while the sun shines

2 weeks ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

The Trim Haymaking Festival, presented by Scurlogstown Olympiad, returns tomorrow (Sunday, June 15) to the historic Porchfields in Trim, Co Meath, marking a major milestone. This will be the 25th edition of the festival that celebrates traditional haymaking, rural heritage, and community spirit. Themed ‘Making hay while the sun shines’, the 2025 festival aims to be a memorable day of heritage displays, music, competitions, and family fun.
Comeraghs festival encourages all to take a walk on the wild side

2 weeks ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

The Comeraghs Wild Festival makes a vibrant return this summer, running from July 10 to 13, with a celebration of culture, nature, music and adventure across the spectacular Comeragh Mountains in Co. Waterford. With the evocative theme of ‘nostalgia’, the festival is set to fuse tradition, storytelling, and natural beauty, while aiming to reignite the cultural flame that runs through the county’s mountains, valleys, and communities.
Farm walk set to explore the future of the industry

2 weeks ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

A not-for-profit organisation that focuses on spreading information on regenerating ecosystems will host a walk exploring the future of farming in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone next week. The farm walk will take place on the land of Bronagh O’Kane in Cookstown on Saturday, June 14, and focus on how her efforts to improve the soils have helped develop her cattle and sheep farm. Síolta Chroí – ‘Seeds of the Heart’ – is a social enterprise based in Carrickmacross, Monaghan, that was set up in September 2020.
Social Farming Ireland seeking more family farms to join network

3 weeks ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

No two days on a farm are ever the same, and that is the experience social farmers are sharing with others in Social Farming Ireland, which is seeking new farmers to join the growing national network. Social Farming Ireland offers people who use health and social care services the chance to participate in everyday life on a family farm, aiming to promote the service users’ inclusion, improve their self-esteem, and support their better mental and physical health.
Land ownership has 'led to violence' in Irish families - artist

3 weeks ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

When it comes to land, there is an edge to how Irish people think about what is theirs, or maybe what they believe is theirs which seems to come up in different forms again and again. That is according to Luke Murphy, dance artist and choreographer of Attic Projects, who has created a large-scale dance ‘Scorched Earth’, which will be staged at the Black Box Theatre, Galway city, from July 15-19 as part of Galway International Arts Festival.
OPW launches heritage research journal

3 weeks ago | agriland.ie | Caroline Allen

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has launched a new Irish heritage studies journal showcasing original critical research rooted in the office’s role in managing Ireland’s state property portfolio, including 780 heritage sites and associated collections.