The restaurant space above Tigh Neachtain's landmark pub has historically housed some of Galway's best restaurants. It was here that Ard Bia started its journey and it is now home to Kasbah Wine Bar, one of Galway's more interesting restaurants.
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The Herron family have run this craft bakery since 1965.
James Herron specialises in traditional breads - especially wheaten bread, and other handmade Irish breads and cakes - and The Cookie Jar also invents some new ones from time to time, for ... more...
Beautifully located, overlooking Ardbear Bay, Stéphane and Monique Bauvet’s family-run hotel is a modest-looking modern building and could easily be passed by - but that would be a mistake, as it well known for quiet hospitality, low-key c ... more...
Set in 170 acres of mature parklands on the outskirts of Kilkenny city, this mainly modern hotel has a 17th century house at its heart - and it has recently completed an impressive refurbishment programme that makes it a real five star destination.
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Halfway up the steep main street of Borris, Michael O'Shea's unspoilt and friendly old-world grocery-pub is well worth seeking out.
The old grocery section at the front links into a modern-day shop next door, and you can buy hardware here too - a very ... more...
Cathal Reynolds, a Euro-Toques chef, was the original owner of Cré na Cille restaurant (established by him and his wife Sally in 1979), which earned fame throughout Ireland for good cooking and an outstanding and moderately priced wine cellar.
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Situated beside the main entrance to Glenroyal Hotel but independently operated, Shoda Market Café was opened in 2016 by two Shannon Hotel Management graduates, Ted Robinson and Daniel McLoughlin, and is proving a great addition to Maynooth hosp ... more...
Pat and Breda Maher are the fourth generation of the Maher family to farm here and they make an astonishing range of cow and goats milk cheeses including the trademark raw cows' milk Cooleeney (camembert style), which has become a benchmark for t ... more...
Monkstown is hardly short on great places to eat, but this county Dublin restaurants owned by chef Temple Garner (San Lorenzo’s) and front of house maestro Conor Kavanagh (formerly of The Old Spot) - and, when Bresson opened in 2017, it raised t ... more...
Hidden behind a thriving vine, which threatens to take over each summer, this charming 250-year old pub is soothingly dark inside making a fine contrast to the cheerful eccentricity of the current owner, Michael Hough.
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