Harvesting Onions, Staking Trees & more – Thank You!

Family Day BBQ – Thanks to all our supporters

Volunteers helping with the weeding to ensure a great harvest

Volunteers planting Squash and Sweet Potatoes

OTs from North Dublin HSE volunteer on the farm

Planting the new season vegetables

Preparing the soil and seeds for new season

Ryan Tubridy chatting to John McKeon

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Orchard of Irish Heritage trees planted at Kyrie Farm

Irish Research Council Grant Award to Maynooth University for Kyrie Farm research

Becoming a centre of excellence in mental health service is a key goal for Kyrie Farm. University led research is a core aspect of this journey. International research and best practice informs all aspects of our planned service delivery and many examples serve as inspiration, as referenced by the World Health Organisation, for example Soteria Houses, Open Dialogue and other recovery oriented services. Our services will be inspired also by other therapeutic farms both nationally like Sli Eile, and internationally like Gould Farm in the US, who have demonstrated promising results for residents in longer term outcome studies. We are delighted that Maynooth University has joined as a partner in our journey to independently evaluate our processes and outcomes. Maynooth was recently awarded a research grant from the Irish Research Council specifically focusing on Kyrie Therapeutic Farm. This will support the farm in using evidence based and best practice therapies, and holistic and recovery oriented approaches to mental health, as well as connecting leading Therapeutic farms around the world.

Interview with Clare McKenna on Newstalk  - Click to listen

Delivering Veg boxes gets under way 

Large order for the Mindfulness Center's retreat

Seeds in the polytunnel

 Planting Leeks

Polytunnels erected with support from Mental Health Ireland