How this Dublin carpenter set up an organic farm in Leitrim to supply his TikTok sensation cafe
Niall Fitzharris had no experience of farming but bought a 1ac plot to grow the fruit and veg for his cafe in the Dublin mountains, where he also runs woodwork classes. He explains why he branched into food and horticulture and how he has overcome various challenges along the way
Niall Fitzharris, owner of the Hazel House Cafe and Woodwork School in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin. Photos: Steve Humphreys
‘Once you actually taste something that you’ve grown yourself, it changes everything,” says Niall Fitzharris, a carpenter by trade who built a cafe in the Dublin mountains. He now grows the fruit and veg that go into the food he serves, on his one acre in Leitrim.
Open since 2014, Hazel House café in Rathfarnham is targeted at hikers. Built and furnished entirely out of hazelwood, it has gone viral on social media over the last 12 months, for the location and the way they produce their own food.
