Set in a lovely building, this bright ground floor café is a pleasing place to take a break and has become a favourite for its many regular customers.
Interesting old prints of Waterford life adorn the walls and there’s a spacious seating ... more...
Although primarily a charming summer spot for traditional Afternoon Tea or a daytime bite to eat (including their own home grown produce), Cathleen Connole's restaurant just off the Burren Waymarked Walk also offers packed lunches for walkers.
The ot ... more...
Chocolate / Confectionery / Internet/Phone Mail Order / Online Shop / Producers Shop
Jamie and Beatrice O'Neill run this connoisseur chocolate company ChocOneill from their workshop in Dunbeggan, Aughnacliffe, which you can visit by appointment on weekdays (please phone in advance).
They specialise in single origin chocolate and use f ... more...
Freshness is guaranteed at Chris and Audrey Ferguson's home bakery, where they produce their popular hand baked products freshly every day.
The day starts at 3am for second generation baker Chris, who gets in first to start baking the breads and sodas ... more...
In business since 1911 and currently in the stewardship of one of Northern Ireland's most respected food suppliers, Walter Ewing, and his sons Crawford and Warren.
Ewing's is the fish supplier of choice for many of the region's top chefs, who apprecia ... more...
Fifth generation butcher Pat Whelan is one of Ireland's best known butchers, and one of the most innovative.
Operating from an impressive modern shop in a small shopping centre, he was among the first to go online and, while emphasising his traditiona ... more...
Very conveniently situated just outside Dublin, between Bray and Greystones, Killruddery has been home to the Brabazon Family (the Earls of Meath) since 1618. The estate was designed on a large scale with a view to impressing visitors and, these days, ... more...
Fruit & Veg / Internet/Phone Mail Order / Meat & Game
Tony Garahy is a fourth generation farmer at this mixed organic farm, and is renowned for the successful organic box scheme he has operated in West Offaly and North Tipperary since 1997.
He has over 200 regular customers in the scheme, which supplies ... more...
For well over a century now the McKee family has been trading in Maghera.
Established in 1898 by William Hill McKee, the grandfather of the present owner, George McKee, they have always had a great reputation as family butchers known for the quality ... more...
This quayside shop is just the place to head to for a wide choice of fresh fish and seafood, with good customer service.
Being in a major fishing port, the focus for most customers will be locally caught fish and shellfish - and there’s plenty t ... more...
This year will see the resurgence of some old acquaintances - the Tasting Menu is very much in the ascendant again, for example, albeit with a change of emphasis, including more casual service style. And, while demand for sustainable, wild and ‘real’ foods is a grounding force, unexpected things you may notice creeping onto your menu - or find in your favourite food store - include insects (anyone for crickets? seriously…), unusual gr ...
Who would have thought, even a few years ago, that the small shop would be enjoying such a comeback. Discerning consumers are now giving independent retailers a resounding vote of confidence and these iconic speciality food businesses are just ten of the leaders in Ireland’s shop local revolution. Each one will reward a visit with quality, value, interesting local foods – and a memorable shopping experience.
The small shop is beginning to enjoy a comeback and it all started a few years ago with shoppers giving a renewed vote of confidence to the local butcher. Here are just ten iconic businesses that are at the forefront of the shop local revolution.
Built on the site of a deserted village in a Wicklow valley, this extraordinary food, drink and leisure complex exists thanks to the vision of three brothers, Evan, Eoin and Bernard Doyle
With a rich historical and maritime legacy, East Cork has a truly unique variety of attractions to offer the visitor.
It is a haven for family holidays with a huge range of activities and attractions to keep the whole family entertained for hours.
In this extensive county, the towns and villages have their own distinctive character. In West Cork, their spirit is preserved in the vigour of the landscape with the handsome coastline where the light of the famous Fastnet Rock swings across tumbling ocean and spray-tossed headland. The county is a repository of the good things of life, a treasure chest of the finest farm produce, and the very best of seafood, brought to market by skilled specialists.
The town of Killarney is where the Ring of Kerry begins and ends for many, among the lakes and mountains where theyâ€ââ€Â¢re re-establishing the enormous white-tailed sea eagle, has long been a magnet for visitors. Across the purple mountains from Killarney, the lovely little town of Kenmare in South Kerry is both a gourmet focus, and another excellent touring centre. As one of the pr ...
That Galway Bay coastline in Co. Clare is where The Burren, the fantastical North Clare moonscape of limestone which is home to so much unexpectedly exotic flora, comes plunging spectacularly towards the sea around the attractive village of Ballyvaughan.
Connemara, the Land of the Sea, where earth, rock and ocean intermix in one of Ireland's most extraordinary landscapes, and is now as ever a place of angling renown - you're very quickly into the high ground and moorland which sweep up to the Twelve Bens and other splendid peaks, wonderful mountains which enthusiasts would claim as the most beautiful in all Ireland. Beyond, to the south, the Aran Islands are a place apart.
Rivers often divide one county from another, but Fermanagh is divided - or linked if you prefer - throughout its length by the handsome waters of the River Erne, both river and lake. Southeast of the historic county town of Enniskillen, Upper Lough Erne is a maze of small waterways meandering their way into Fermanagh from the Erne'e source in County Cavan.
Co Cavan shares the 667 m peak of Cuilcagh with neighbouring Fermanagh. No ordinary mountain, this - it has underground streams which eventually become the headwaters of the lordly River Shannon, Ireland's longest river that passes south through many counties before exiting at the mighty estuary in Limerick. A magnet for tourism now with boating, fishing, cycling and walking-a-plenty.
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From the homely to the very grand, these delicious dishes celebrate the diversity of Irish country houses, castles and a number of top restaurants, with recipes clearly ex ...
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