Author name: Tenth Glen

Fresh baked fadge (potato bread for those of a different dialect) on the griddle, local butchers sausages fried up in homemade butter, chutneys made from locally grown produce and some homemade shortbread to finish with mulled wine and good craic round the open fire in the ceili house cottage – Tenth Glen Heritage Farms Christmas meeting – feel like you are missing out? . . get in touch tenthglenhf@outlook.com.  An enjoyable […]

Tenth Glen Heritage Farms have just had their first year of operations since setting up as a constituted entity. It was a rewarding, engaging, year with lots of highlights and inspiring connections. It was also a very busy year with lots of lessons for us. What set us up to thrive was our new committee

Glenravel International Furnace Festival The flume of hot gas and sparks flushing out the top of the furnace changes to a bright orange rushing fire, accompanied by mutters of anticipation passing along the line, signals the pending birth of new iron. The layers of charcoal and iron that have been building up and burning down

Meitheal, (pronounced “meh-hal”) is a concept of communal spirit and cooperative labour originating in rural Ireland. This centuries-old tradition is rooted deep in Irish culture. It describes how people come together, work together and provide support and assistance to help one another out where and when needed. It is often described as a work party or

Hello everyone, well, 2023 was quite a year. The big news for us is that Tenth Glen Heritage Farms, this lump of clay that started the year as little more than an idea with some loosely defined features, is now a constituted association with a committee, deep rooted mission and values, well defined action plan

TradSkillsFest23 Well, Tenth Glen Heritage Farms very first Traditional Skills Festival is definitely an event we are going to repeat. It was created for the core purposes of sharing knowledge and keeping traditional skills alive by teaching people new skills, supporting the professional craft and skills industry and providing opportunity for the less experienced to