Memories of a creamery closed in Limerick over 40 years ago to be shared at special event

FORMER workers, suppliers, members of Darragh Creamery in Glenroe, and the  wider community, are invited to attend and bring along objects and share stories about the creamery in south east Limerick and rural life this Thursday.

To celebrate the development of an interpretation project for Darragh Creamery, Glenroe / Ballyorgan Community Council and heritage consultants, Abarta Heritage, are organising a  show and tell story sharing event.

All are welcome to come to Glenroe hall this Thursday, March 19, from 8 to 9.30pm to share their memories of the creamery and to bring along  objects or artefacts from the past. 

Darragh Creamery was established in 1903 by the Golden Vein Dairy Company. A site was selected adjacent to the public house of John and Mary McGrath for this new venture. This site  had long been a focal point in the locality. 

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Over the next eight decades, the creamery continued  as a place of business for many families in the area, a place of gathering, a place where local  dances were held, a place of debate and connection and a place of technological development. 

The creamery continued until 1981 and now stories, recollections and memories are being  collected to celebrate the role of the creamery and rural life.  

To find out more about the project, and to share stories about the past  and old objects or memorabilia, all are welcome to come along to this free event this Thursday.