Industries

The Rathmor Brewery

Founded in the 19th century, it began by supplying farmhands […] ...

The Oysters of Abercain

Harvested carefully from the tidal flats, oysters have been exported […] ...

Forestry on Rathmor

Rathmor’s central forests have long been a source of wealth […] ...

Mackerel Fishing

Mackerel fishing thrives in summer, when shoals chase smaller fish […] ...

Sheep Farming on Little Rathmor

The windswept hills of Little rathmor have never been kind […] ...

Rathmor Limestone

For centuries, quarrymen have hewn this stone from the island’s […] ...

Rathmor Gin

On the southern edge of Little Rathmor, where the fortress […] ...

The Dun Lar Woollen Mills

The most famous product of Dun Lar’s mills is the […] ...

Ship Building at Dun Ear

The shipyards of Dun Ear are among the oldest and […] ...

Porth Oir Orchards and the Cider of the Isles

By the late 19th century, the Porth Oir Orchards had […] ...

Wheat and Barley – The Golden Harvest

The fertile lowlands of South East Sorcha have been shaped […] ...

Whiskey Distilleries

Visitors to the islands often embark on tours of all […] ...

The Rhosport Dairy

What began as a small cluster of farms supplying fresh […] ...

Island Rum

Although rum is a spirit traditionally tied to the tropics, […] ...

Sugar Cane – The sweet surprise of Sorcha

Introduced in the late 18th century, Sorcha’s warm southern plains […] ...

Island Hydropower and Reservoirs

As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, the […] ...

Whaling on the Caerwyn Isles

From the 17th through the 19th centuries, hardy crews set […] ...

China Clay on Glynoch

First discovered in the 18th century in the foothills above […] ...

The Arwyn Theatre at Rowenport

Lady Eluned Arwyns open air theatre, created as a gift […] ...

The Lobsters of Rowenport

For over two centuries, the rugged coastline around Rowenport has […] ...

Iron Ore of Glynoch

Iron ore is Glynoch’s gift to the industrial age. In […] ...

The Smoked Kippers of Llanchala

Few aromas are as evocative of the sea as the […] ...

Tourism on Glynoch

Tourism is, without question, as important now to the Caerwyn […] ...