April 3, 2021 10:00 am
When John and Fiona Curran bought their 26ac sheep and suckler farm in Fordstown, Co. Meath, in 2002, people thought they were ‘stone mad.’
“You could earn what you liked on the buildings at that time. John was managing one of the top dairy herds in the country and I was working in food science with Kylemore in Dublin,” said Fiona.
“We both grew up on farms but the thinking was that you could have an easier lifestyle out of farming. We leased a small bit of land before purchasing.”
‘Stone mad’
Constrained by budget, the buying process wasn’t easy and people thought they were ‘stone mad’. “It was lengthy. We thought we would never get there although we had a great bank manager in Brendan Stafford.