Agri-tourism pioneers at Longueville among Cork short break options

From country escapes to city breaks, Tom Breathnach shares tips from his travels around the country

One in five Irish people have never been on a farm! That’s an unverified but not entirely implausible stat I read on a carton of Avonmore milk this week. 

But while Ireland’s cultural landscape has shape-shifted urbane in recent decades, the Covid crisis has re-sprouted our desire for country escapes and everything from the taste of farm-fresh breakfasts to the nostalgic rumble of a John Deere combine harvester.