Where to pick cherries & strawberries?

boardtc

I know one can pick Strawberries and cherries at the apple farm
http://www.theapplefarm.com/cherries.htm near Cahir.

I am looking for something closer to Athlone where I can bring the kids to pick cherries and strawberries.

Any recommendations are welcome.

Jesus Shaves

If you drive out the ballymahon road, there's a strawberry stand that's parked at the entrance to the old rugby club
You can pick whichever tray you want!

boardtc

I thought three times before posting here alright, too full of clowns

Crann na Beatha

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boardtc

Veles wrote: »

I think you may want to explain that statement

I think it was pretty clear. I thought a few times about posting my OP because of the level of smart alec comments I have seen and I figured this straightforward question was ripe for some <select your own description > to hijack with his brand of humour.

Jesus Shaves

boardtc wrote: »

I think it was pretty clear. I thought a few times about posting my OP because of the level of smart alec comments I have seen and I figured this straightforward question was ripe for some <select your own description > to hijack with his brand of humour.

I do apologize but I also happen to think that it was a very valid answer albeit a small bit sarcastic.

Anyway, Long gone are the days where you could throw a farmer a fiver and pick strawberries away to your hearts content
AND Due to Irelands varying climate these days strawberries are mainly grown in tunnels or climate controlled areas

Sorry for ripeing the piss, Alittle humour never killed the crop!

whyulittle

Funnily enough I was coming out the Ballymahon Road one day a couple of years ago, and there were two separate men picking and eating berries from the bushes between the White Gates and Sli an Aifrinn.

coylemj

whyulittle wrote: »

Funnily enough I was coming out the Ballymahon Road one day a couple of years ago, and there were two separate men picking and eating berries from the bushes between the White Gates and Sli an Aifrinn.

They would have been blackberries, we used to pick hundreds of them off the bushes on the Clonown Road years ago, you'll find them all over the country. They must be hardier than cherries and strawberries which in Ireland have to be cultivated in a controlled environment.

Onikage

Cherries maybe but there's a few patches of wild strawberries about.