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The Village Dairy 2021
Milk has always been part of our culture, but we lost our way, according to Noel Barcoe of The Village Dairy. “Forty years ago, milk had real flavour,... -
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“I come from a family of publicans,” he tells me. “Our home base is The Silken Thomas in Kildare. It is forty-five years in the family. When I was growing up, it was brought to the kitchen table every night, so from early on I had a clear idea about pubs and how everything works.” Unsure if he wanted to go into the family business, Barry studied for a general business degree in the University of Limerick. As part of that he did work experience in a bank. “After two weeks I decided an office job was not for me”, he laughs. Instead, he worked a few years in the Silken Thomas and really enjoyed it, and several other pubs including Harrigan’s in Newbridge, where he met his Polish wife Ola.