Arrange a visit in advance, and you can enjoy a small farm experience, including the best scones in Ireland! Only requires 1 and 1/2 hours, but includes a wonderful original farmhouse with thatched roof and peat fire, herding by sheepdog, and lamb feeding. Highly recommended.

Our family tour included a stop at the Rathbaun Farm. We were a family group of 24 - children, teenagers, young adults, and not so young - ages 9 to 72. Everyone loved this stop. Seeing the farm animals and hearing Fintan explain farming in Ireland were a treat. The highlights were many - watching the sheepdog herd the sheep... More

Although the tea and scones provided were delicious and the farmer was informative I felt as if I was on a second grade school field trip. At least we didn't end up in a gift shop!

We so enjoyed our visit to the Rathbaun Farm. The owners were very gracious and friendly as well as informative. We saw a variety of sheep with a few new-born lambs. Two of the girls on our tour got to feed the baby lambs. We enjoyed watching the sheep shearing as well as the rounding up of the sheep. We... More

I went as part of a Globus tour and was so pleased with my experience. The farm is a working farm and doesn't feel like a tourist stop at all. I learned a bit about the livestock industry in Ireland, saw a sheep get sheared, my nephew fed a baby lamb, and then we watched the farmer's Collie round up... More

My friend and I enjoyed making scones with Frances, but we expected and had paid for a chance to see sheep sheared and the dog herding the sheep. Due to another party being late we were not given the opportunity to see the shearing or dog herding. We were disappointed by owners attitudes.

We really enjoyed visiting this farm. The owners fed us a homemade snack and then shared information about their farm. We saw a sheep dog herding the sheep and saw and felt the sheared wool. It was a learning experience and interesting too.

We visited the farm, had scones and tea with homemade creme and preserves. The farmer had his dog round up sheep for us. We got to see several types of sheep and learn why certain breds are raised here. Interesting to learn that the money is in the meat, the wool doesn't pay enough to break even when sherred.

My father and I visited Rathbaun Farm on a Globus Tour in May-June 2011 and had an enjoyable stay. The grounds are gorgeous and the 150 year old thatched roof home is beautifully preserved and a wonder to see. Frances and Fintan Connolly run the farm. Fintan tending to the sheep and Frances (the boss in my opinion) organizing the... More