Golden Vale

52°24′N 8°24′W / 52.4°N 8.4°W / 52.4; -8.4

Typical east Limerick landscape of rich, green fields

The Golden Vale (Irish: Machaire méith na Mumhan)^[1] is the historic name given to an area of rolling pastureland in the province of Munster in southwestern Ireland. The area covers parts of three counties: Cork, Limerick and Tipperary. Considered the best land in Ireland for dairy farming, the region has been described as the "heart of the Munster dairying country".^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b Ó Giolláin, Diarmuid (June 2005). "The national and the local — practices of de- and retraditionalization" (PDF). FF Network (28). The Folklore Fellows: 17,fn.5. ISSN 0789-0249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009. "Machaire méith na Mumhan", usually referred to as the Golden Vale, the richest dairy land in Ireland
^ Freeman, T. W. (July–September 1947). "Farming in Irish Life". The Geographical Journal. 110 (1/3). Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society: 48, fn.1. doi:10.2307/1789193. JSTOR 1789193. The Golden Vein (sometimes called the Golden Vale) consists of the lowlands of Co. Limerick with an extension towards Tipperary and Cashel and a southward extension to the neighbourhood of Charleville and Mallow. In effect it is the heart of the Munster dairying country.

[ffn-1] Ó Giolláin, Diarmuid (June 2005). "The national and the local — practices of de- and retraditionalization" (PDF). FF Network (28). The Folklore Fellows: 17,fn.5. ISSN 0789-0249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009. "Machaire méith na Mumhan", usually referred to as the Golden Vale, the richest dairy land in Ireland

[freeman-2] Freeman, T. W. (July–September 1947). "Farming in Irish Life". The Geographical Journal. 110 (1/3). Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society: 48, fn.1. doi:10.2307/1789193. JSTOR 1789193. The Golden Vein (sometimes called the Golden Vale) consists of the lowlands of Co. Limerick with an extension towards Tipperary and Cashel and a southward extension to the neighbourhood of Charleville and Mallow. In effect it is the heart of the Munster dairying country.

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