A visit to Murphy’s Craft Butchers shop is an excellent shopping experience in which you’ll have your eyes opened to the fascinating world of Butchery.  A centrepiece of this tastefully decorated shop is the showcase experience of fresh meat.

Fresh meat and poultry are neatly placed in shining display fridges, so you’ll get to properly inspect the selection before making your purchase.

Murphy’s Butchers are a step above many other butcher shops in that they rear their own sheep and cattle. This guarantees that they can control the quality of the product from the farm right to your fork.

Furthermore, a unique selling point of this family business is the dry ageing of beef for a minimum of 21 days – 35 days after killing. Owner Jim Murphy and his dedicated team kill their own animals every week in the family’s abattoir. The carcass is split in two and hung in the abattoir fridges for 2-3 weeks to relax the meat and break down the sinews. It is then taken across the yard to the butcher’s shop and broken down into full sections and dry-aged for a further 10 days, then it is ready for cutting into portions and selling.

Visitors to Murphy’s Butchers get a special glimpse into the process as they can observe the classic beef cuts on display in the refrigerated glass-fronted ageing chambers that produce this beef in the unique and specialised ‘Murphy’s Way’.

The inclusion of a family abattoir is also something very special. Once something seen in every town and village across Ireland, small family-run abattoirs have declined in recent decades. The continuation of Murphy’s Abattoir is preserving a vital part of Irish food culture and Irish culture in general.

The culture of butchery and family dedication to this art is very much within the essence of everything Murphy’s Butchers do day to day. The current generation pays homage and respect to generations past. A must-see feature in the shop is the generational family history of the Murphy family told in a family tree ‘story board’ and photographs mounted on the wall at the entrance to the shop from the back private customer car park.

When you visit Murphy’s Craft Butchers in Tullow you are guaranteed to be greeted with a friendly welcome vibe from the expert Craft butchers on duty. The team will help and advise on the selection of meats and provide professional tips on cooking the cut of meat at home. There is a real pride of place experience here.