Run by Mark Murphy, a Culinary Arts Teacher in Tralee IT, and native Irish speaker Muireann Nic Giolla Ruaidh, who has many years experience in hospitality - and, like Mark, is very involved with the Dingle Food Festival - the Dingle Cookery School has ... more...
Scenically situated on the River Ilen (after which the farm takes its name), Alan and Valerie Kingston’s small West Cork dairy farm has been in Alan’s family for generations.
In 1997 Valerie started using their creamy milk to make chees ... more...
Opened with aplomb in 2005, this large luxury hotel is set in the Laois countryside, just off the main Dublin-Cork road (M7).
In 2014 it was purchased by the current owner, the American software developer, Adrian Carmack; the adjacent golf complex was ... more...
Just outside Westport, heading out west from the harbour, this old world thatched pub overlooking Clew Bay enjoys an almost-waterside location just across from the foreshore on the Louisburgh road.
Owned by the Cronin family, it is one of Westport's b ... more...
Treyvaud’s, with brothers Paul and Mark at the helm, has been a Killarney restaurants fixture since 2003. It is quite a lively and friendly place but, make no mistake, there is a dedicated professionalism at work here. They like to do things a l ... more...
Prosecco on tap iwas one of the more unusual features that attracted attention when this pleasing restaurant opened in 2014 - a relaxed and warmly welcoming fine dining venue in the heart of Kinsale, it was a first restaurant for Helen Noonan and chef ... more...
An Grianan is a unique educational centre that combines a break (mid-week / weekend / week) with courses, notably in cookery and crafts.
An Griana?n, meaning 'the sunny place', is centred on a gracious country house dating back to the 18th century.&nb ... more...
A keen beekeeper, Patrick Healy, developed a business from his hobby when he established this company in the 1970s.
It is now a successful family-run enterprise producing, purchasing and distributing honey, which is widely available from independent s ... more...
The cheery red paintwork on Ann Conaghan and Mary Breslin's neatly presented coffee shop and the sight of happy customers relaxing at window tables is enough draw you in - and, even if you're only very slightly hungry, you'll be glad you did.
I ... more...
One of the few authentic traditional pubs left in Dublin, Toners is definitely worth a visit (or two). Among many other claims to fame, it is said to be the only pub ever frequented by the poet W.B. Yeats.
Closed 25 Dec more...