The cheese has a wheel shape with smooth, hard, golden-yellow, waxed rind. It is a vegetarian, hard cheese made from cow's milk. There are three versions of this cheese. Young Doolin, which is sold only after two months, Mature Doolin that has a more distinctive fruity character and Vintage Doolin with fine grainy texture and buttery flavor.

• Made from cow's milk
• Country of origin: Ireland
• Type: hard

Other cheeses from Ireland:

• hard cheeses: Baylough, Coolea, Corleggy
• semi-hard cheeses: Orla
• semi-soft cheeses: Ardrahan, Blarney Castle, Blue Rathgore, Cashel Blue, Croghan, Dunbarra, Durrus, Gubbeen
• soft cheeses: Cooleney, Mine-Gabhar