We are now closed for the winter and the alpacas are enjoying a well deserved rest. We will be open again on March 14th. and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our visitors who made this a fantastic season for us here at Cornstown House Farm. We are looking forward to the new season in 2020 and to meeting lots of new alpaca friends. 

Cornstown House lies in the rolling hills of Fingal, County Dublin, a mere 15 miles from the hustle and bustle of Dublin’s busy streets.

Here, in this agricultural corner of Dublin the Grysons farm organically. The farm’s main activities involve growing ancient cereals which are used in flour and brewing elsewhere. There have been farmers in this area for many centuries and some of the buildings here on Cornstown Farm date back to the time of the Battle of the Boyne.

Gently step back onto a farm that grows its crops using reapers and binders as well as modern machines. As the farm is in conversion to organic no artificial chemicals or fertilizers are used, ensuring a sustainable template for food production in the future.

Cornstown House is home to a variety of animals including cattle, goats, sheep, poultry, bees and, recently, alpacas who followed the potato to Cornstown nearly 400 years later!

Take a walk along the path which is bordered by wild flowers sown to attract wildbirds and, more specifically, the grey partridge. Visit our newly planted native forest where you can watch the trees as they develop and grow. Cross the bridge to the wild bird cover which also helped our wild birds survive the winter. Our winter has been enlivened by many finches who have feasted all the way through on our wild seeds.

Visit our vegetable garden where everything is sown organically and get some tips on how to do the same at home, no matter how big or small your garden. Have a cup of tea or coffee and a scone in the orchard and chat with Dominic about how he built the bread oven in the cow byre. Have a look at the beautiful baskets he creates and the many uses to which they are put.

We look forward to your visit!