Louis Grubb, Fethard, Tipperary

A medium-flavoured blue with a melt in the mouth creaminess, this cheese is less salty than the majority of blues. Ireland's most famous cheese.
£2.50 per 100g

County Tipperary, Ireland

Made by Jane and Louis Grubb (who make Cashel Blue) this lightly veined ewes milk blue cheese has a creamy texture and a mildly sweet flavour. The taste is 'biscuity' and not unlike cream crackers.
£3.90 per 100g

Giana Ferguson, Schull, West Cork

Gubbeen is lightly oak-smoked by Chris Jepson at Goleen's harbour. The smoked flavour does not swamp the natural flavour of the cheese.
£2.70 per 100g

T and G Ferguson, Schull, West Cork

Generations of Fergusons have been farming at Gubbeen House on the South West tip of Ireland. The salty sea air is perfect for this type of cheese which has a silky, pliable texture and a fresh, milky flavour.
£2.50 per 100g