Terrybaun Pottery

Ireland’s oldest pottery, Terrybaun, has been hand crafting beautiful and unique pottery in County Mayo for more than fifty years

Ireland’s oldest pottery, Terrybaun, fired its first kiln in August 1950 in the remote and beautiful location by the lakes of Pontoon, County Mayo. The site of these first and subsequent firings was chosen by owners Grattan Freyer and his French-born wife, Madeleine Giraudeau. The pottery ran for thirty-three years under their direction and is now owned by Madeleine’s nephew Henri Hedou and his wi  ...