About
8 Generations - 1 Singular Passion
The Burns of North Sligo
For over 280 years the Burns family has been farming and custodians of the land in north Sligo (Edenreagh, Drumfad Moneygold, and Mount Temple). Burns Farm Meats is located in Mount Temple, with our lands spread across Edenreagh, Cliffoney and Moneygold.
The earliest recorded Burns farmer is Patrick Burns, born 1740 his name is on a headstone in the family grave in Ahamlish graveyard in Moneygold.
A Brief History of Burns Farm Meats
Paddy Burns was born in 1918 in Drumfad Co Sligo. He was the first of the Burns family to establish a butcher shop to the family farm.
He married his wife Violet in 1949. The two moved to the new family farm in the early 1950s. From here they started a butchery business where they supplied the local townlands with quality beef, lamb, and pork.
They had five children Helen, May, Gerald, Jimmy and Liam. Violet and her five children played a huge part in the day-to-day running of the farm. The butcher shop was set up on the farm in 1952.
After over 40 years of working from the small butcher shop, a purpose-built processing facility was built in 1994 to enable the business to expand.
The business went from strength to strength and again in 2004, the business now managed by Gerald was expanded again modernizing production facilities and adding more chill space to perfect the art of the dry-aging process. Caroline Burns (Gerald's wife) has also worked in the business from the early 1980s and was ever-present on the road delivering meat while also juggling three children in school, Diarmaid, Cathal and Eamonn.
The Current Generations of Burns
Gerald
Gerald has brought the business from a small butcher shop to what it is today overseeing exponential growth into the wholesale and catering sector. His passion for the art of butchery and producing quality produce is what has made the business thrive over the past 70 years.
Diarmaid
Diarmaid is a master butcher who takes charge of our procurement of animals, he has a keen eye for selecting only the best quality.
Cathal
Cathal, who has come back into the business in recent years, has spent years working in the beef industry in operations and sales which brings a different dynamic to the business.
Burns Farm Meats Family Tree
The 1700's
Patrick Burns
Born 1740 (approx.) | Lived in Moneygold.
Michael Burns
Born 1778 (approx.) | Lived in Edenreagh and Moneygold .
The 1800's
Darby (Jeremiah) Burns
Born 1825 | Lived in Edenreagh and Drumad.
James (Jimmy) Burns
Born 1874 | Lived in Drumfad.
The 1900's
Patrick (Paddy) Burns
Born 1918 | Lived in Drumfad and Mount Temple.
Gerald Patrick Burns
Born 1955 | Lives in Edenreagh.
Diarmaid Burns
Born 1987 | Lives in Edenreagh.
The 2000's
Dylan Burns
Born 2020 | Lives in Edenreagh.