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Burns Family
Paddy pictured in 1948 with his two dogs and first car. It was one of the first cars in the area.
A young Violet Burns.
Four of the Burns children in the 1960s. From left to right: Helen, Jimmy, May and Gerald.
When it came to working on the land in summer in order to feed our livestock over the winter months no one shied away from work. Here is a picture of the whole family (missing Helen) taken in the 1960s. Left to right Paddy, Gerald, Jimmy, May and Violet holding Liam.
Some free range pigs pictured on the farm in the 1960s.
Paddy and his cousin Jack sitting where the current facility is now.
Young Gerald Burns feeding one of the lambs (1970s). 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.
Three brothers. From left to right Jimmy, Liam and Gerald.
A young Gerald transporting livestock, there was never too much downtime when working on the farm.
“We started training young” a youthful Diarmaid in the early 1990s.
Founder Paddy Burns holding a bone in loin. in the old butchery 1980s.
Violet and Paddy in their elder years (both in late 90s). Violet was the glue that held everything together in the early years. Running the business when Paddy would be off buying livestock or delivering meat, doing this and raising five young children took an incredible amount of will and sacrifice.
Diarmaid posing for a picture in 2012 for an article that was going into the local paper The Sligo Champion.
Diarmaid and Cathal busy at work breaking spring lamb 2017.
Gerald and Diarmaid.
Diarmaid carving a Burns Farm signature Dry Aged Beef.
