Margaret Farrelly officially launched her new book ‘Free Range Blessings’ in St Kilian’s Heritage Centre Mullagh earlier this month. From left: Guest speaker Maura Dillon, Cllr Shane P. O’Reilly, Margaret Farrelly, Cllr T.P. O’Reilly, Leo Farrelly and MC Peter Murtagh.

Entrepreneur wished well on new book

Seamus Enright

Published: Wed 28 Dec 2022, 2:17 PM

Cavan County Council has congratulated Margaret Farrelly on her new book, 'Free Range Blessings', based on her experience becoming the largest independent egg supplier in Ireland.

Ms Farrelly began selling free range eggs in the early 1980s to supplement income from her husband Leo's small farm. Clonarn Clover started with just 150 free range hens and over the years became a business boasting a flock of 160,000 hens, producing and packing 48 million eggs a year.

Fellow Mullagh native Shane P O’Reilly (Independent) celebrated what Mrs Farrelly has achieved as woman in the agri-food sector.

The book was launched at St Kilian’s Heritage Centre recently.

He thanked her for the employment her enterprise had brought to the local area. “I wish her well with her new book.”