The Mindful Farmer
In The Press
Interview on Midlands 103 Radio Station
Patrick was on the show with MJ Cleary on the 12th January 2021
Easy Food | 26th November 2019
Lying on the outskirts of Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, Ballinwillin House is an 80-acre estate built in 1727. I’ve been invited to experience Ballinwillin’s inaugural “retrEAT”, which promises to help guests “escape the stresses of everyday life, enjoy a tranquil and peaceful setting and nourish the body and mind.” Being prone to bouts of anxiety and restlessness myself, this sounds appealing but — since I’m here for work purposes and am alarmingly enthusiastic about the food offering — I arrive hungry and focused on a Friday evening, not exactly in the right headspace for unwinding.
FFT | 26th November 2019
Patrick Mulcahy, better known as The Mindful Farmer, has been awarded the Rémy Martin Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Cork Business Awards. The former garda, who grew up in Co. Limerick, is the owner of Ballinwillin House Farm in Mitchelstown along with his wife Miriam. Ballinwillin is the only combined organic farmed venison, wild boar and goat farm in Ireland and the UK and meat from the farm is used by many of Ireland’s top chefs.
Business Cork | 10th April 2019
Patrick and Miriam Mulcahy of Ballinwillin House Farm in Mitchelstown, Co Cork have received the 2019 Innovation in Hospitality accolade at the Irish Hotel Awards.
Now in its third year, the annual awards took place in Galway with over 300 guests representing hospitality professionals from across Ireland.
Irish Central | 8th March 2019
As you approach the grand 18th-century Ballinwillin House Farm, just minutes away from Mitchelstown town center, in County Cork, it would be hard to imagine what a hive of industry and haven of calm is contained within. Pat Mulcahy, known as the Mindful Farmer, and his wife Miriam, acquired the farm in 1985. Over the last 34 years they have set up the only combined farmed organic venison, wild boar, and goat farm in the in Ireland and the United Kingdom, with a boutique B&B, a holistic garden, and a wine cellar stocked with their own wine from their Hungarian vineyard.
AgriLand |19th January 2019
A Cork man, known as ‘the mindful farmer’, is tapping into the market for those keen to escape the stresses and strains of a 21st century lifestyle by hosting high-end ‘retrEAT’ getaways on his farm. Former garda turned farmer Patrick Mulcahy unknowingly practised meditation and mindfulness techniques as a child, growing up on a farm in west Limerick.
Business Cork | 28th June 2018
Recently, Pat and Miriam Mulcahy welcomed visitors to Ballinwillin House & Farm in Mitchelstown, Cork, to celebrate the Old Butter Roads.A diverse programme of events, which included an outdoor pop up Bao Boi supper, an intimate long table dinner by Bryan McCarthy from Greene’s Restaurant and Cask in Cork and a Slow at Work workshop by food writer, Aoife McElwain, was enjoyed by individuals from all over Ireland and beyond.