Timeline - History of Farm
- 1830 - Kinoith is built
- 1932 - Ivan Allen takes over the running of the farm at Kinoith from Wilson Strangman
- 1947 - Ivan buys Ballymaloe House and the adjoining farm (4km away)
- 1964 - Ivan's wife Myrtle Allen starts Ballymaloe Country House Hotel
- 1968 - Darina O'Connell comes to Ballymaloe House to work in the kitchen
- 1970 - Tim Allen (Ivan and Myrtle's son) marries Darina O'Connell
- 1978 - Pink Cottage restored for student accommodation
- 1980 - Tim gives Darina a present of a trip to the Marcella Hazan cookery school in Tuscany
- 1981 - The White Cottage is restored for student accommodation
- 1982 - The Farm Shop is opened
- 1983 - Ballymaloe Cookery School opens in what is now The Playroom cottage
- 1986 - The Coach House is restored for student accommodation
- 1989 - The old apple store is renovated and expanded
- 1989 - The Barn is restored for student accommodation
- 1996 - Application to The Organic Trust for certification for the farm
- 1998 - The farm is certified fully organic
- 1998 - The Garden Cafe is built, which subsequently becomes Kitchen 3 two years later
- 2000 - Tim and Darina attend the Soil Association Conference in Circencester, U.K.
