Jeffa Gill

Jeffa Gill has been making Durrus at her hillside farmhouse in West Cork since 1979. She has been more recently joined by her daughter Sarah. West Cork has long been associated with milk production in Ireland, thus making it an ideal location for cheesemakers; whilst the wet, saline sea air makes the area eminently suited to washed rind production. Durrus is one of those true artisanal products which reflect the environment in which they are produced. The milk comes from two local farmers whose cattle graze around the edges of Dunmanus Bay.