History
Originally, the business was set up by Meg and Derrick Gordan on their 25-acre farm in the early 1980s, but since 1999 has been made by their neighbour, Siobhán Ni Ghairbhith, on her farm. ==Products==
Products
St Tola produce a number of goat's milk cheeses: • St Tola Log Fresh is a fresh cheese available as log • St Tola Log Mature is a more mature version of the fresh log • St Tola Crottin are small rounds of fresh goats cheese • St Tola Divine is a spreadable cream cheese • St Tola Original is a slice of the mature log • St Tola Hard Cheese is a gouda style hard goats' cheese. • St Tola Greek Style is a firm cheese with a mild salty flavour. • St Tola Ash Matured soft cheese with an ash coating • St Tola Karst, a 180g ash coated cheese • St Tola Cranberry soft cheese with cranberry • British and Irish Cheese Awards 2025 • Gold for St Tola Karst, Silver for St Tola Original Log, Bronze for St Tola Ash log • Blas na hEirean Awards 2024 - Gold for St Tola Karst • Irish Made Awards 2024 - Best Irish Cheesemaker • Great Taste Awards 2024: 2 Star for St Tola Karst. 2 Star for St Tola Ash Log &1 Star for our St Tola Original Log • Artisan Cheese Awards 2024. Best Goat Cheese for St Tola Ash • Artisan Cheese Awards 2024 Best Raw Milk Farmhouse Cheese for St Tola Log • Irish Cheese Awards 2024, Gold - Original Log, Silver for Ash log and Bronze for crottin • Emerald Award for Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark Code of Practice 2024. Scored 97% on code criteria for sustainable practises. • Local Hero Award - Munster Winner, Restaurant Association of Ireland 2024 • 2 Stars at the Great Taste Awards 2023 for both Ash log & Karst • Gold at the Great Taste Awards 2022 • Finalist at Blas na hEireann 2022 • Gold at the Irish Cheese Awards 2021 for Log and Divine • 3 Stars at the Great Taste Awards 2021 • Gold and Silver at the Artisan Cheese Awards 2019 • Best Overall Irish Cheese World Cheese Awards November 2018 • Gold & Silver at Blas na hEireann Oct 2018 • Irish Food Writers’ Guild Environmental Award 2018 • Eurotoque Irish Food Producer Award 2015 • Best Artisan Producer Blas nah Eireann October 2014 • Premio Roma 1st in Class 2014 • Supreme Champion Irish Cheese Awards June 2013 ==See also==