Situated on a roundabout outside Galway city, this landmark hotel is very easy to find, which is a big plus for business travellers.
Good conference and business facilities have made it a very popular venue, and it offers a high standard of accommodat ... more...
What a gem this ancient place is. Established in1642, it’s a wonderful pub with two old bars and an interesting informal restaurant, genuinely olde-worlde with an amazing original fireplace and chimney discovered during renovations.
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Bo Bristle started out as BrewEyed in October 2010 in Co. Offaly, but relaunched as Bo Bristle at the Irish Craft Beer Festival in the RDS in September 2012.
The name of the brewery comes from Celtic legend, where great importance is attached to the b ... more...
Family businesses that have been going for generations are always cause for celebration, and there are some well known examples in Ireland in their sixth or seventh generation and going strong. But 13 generations takes some doing and it's hard to get y ... more...
Knockanore Farmhouse Cheese is made near Villierstown and it’s very much a family operation, headed up since 1987 by passionate cheesemaker Eamonn Lonergan and his wife Patricia, who produce the Knockanore Cheese range using the raw cows’ m ... more...
A family-owned business inthe city's working harbour area, Galway Bay Seafoods was established in1950 by John V. Holland and currently run by his two sons John Jnr and Noel.
Recently completely revamped, it has a shop offering a wide range of whitefis ... more...
One of the fifth generation of the Wright family, Mark Wright grew up on the family farm at Ballylisk, Co Armagh. He now makes the range of cheeses which began with Ballylisk's Triple Rose.
This white mould ripened, single-herd, triple cream cheese wa ... more...
Ronnie and Lyla Steele started Silver Hill Foods in 1962, originally intending to breed ducks and sell the day-old ducklings to Irish producers. Since then, they have indeed bred ducks - but for the table.
And their good husbandry has produced a un ... more...
Farmshop / Fruit & Veg / Internet/Phone Mail Order
The cutaway peat bogs on the Irish midlands may look barren to the untrained eye but the acidic growing conditions favour certain crops, such as blueberries - a relative of the smaller native Irish fraughan or bilberry.
Widely recognised as a 'supe ... more...
This smartly painted centrally located restaurant enjoys enduring popularity locally, pleasing people of all ages with its lively atmosphere and mix of traditional and contemporary favourites in Mullingar at reasonable prices.
This is beef country, so ... more...