The Cork farmer supplying the most desirable meat in the world

Conor Sheahan is producing Japanese beef that is renowned for its intense marbled appearance. Covid restrictions have resulted in a change in the way it reaches consumers here.

Conor Sheahan is producing Wagyu beef which is renowned for its intense marbled appearance which results in a tender and juicy meat with a distinctive and delicious flavour.

Six weeks ago, Cork beef farmer Conor Sheahan changed the way he was doing things on his farm outside Millstreet at the foot of Ballyvouskill Mountain, which is surrounded by lakes, waterfalls and forestry.

He farms the land there alongside his wife Lavinia and their three children Keithan, Calvin and Adelina and having started out dairying, Conor turned to beef farming in 2010 and began breeding Wagyu — a breed of cattle originating from Japan.