Along the great river valleys of this beautiful region there are many signs of a relatively recent milling past, a reminder that the grains grown here once brought prosperity to whole communities - not that this proud rural tradition has been lost enti ... more...
Baking/Bakery / Café / Deli / Food Market / Speciality Store
Sarah Kennedy’s popular food store on Fairview Strand has proved a success on several levels. Deli, bakery, takeaway and daytime café, this attractive place has many faces - but the common denominator is the genuine home cooked style of th ... more...
This ACBI butchers shop is a branch of the acclaimed family-run Belfast business of the same name - and they share the benefit of sourcing their meat from the fourth generation family farm in Co Tyrone. more...
This 4* hotel in Tullamore town centre has recently undergone major redevelopment and is a popular meeting place for local people as well as offering visitors a good centrally located base for exploring the town and the area.
First impressions are of ... more...
Like his father before him, David Browne produces a range of home-smoked fish - salmon, from the West of Ireland and the Shetland Islands, and haddock - and sells a wide selection of other fish and shell fish from around the Irish coast.
Some of the s ... more...
Kai, meaning food in Maori, is the brainchild of chef Jess Murphy, a New Zealander who, with her Irish husband David front-of-house, converted this former tearoom/café to a rustic, bare wood, flagged-floor, stonewalled café and restaurant ... 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...
Originally owned by the Jameson family of whiskey fame, Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links is Dublin's only beachside hotel and enjoys a wonderful position overlooking the nearby islands of Lambay and Ireland's Eye.
Convenient to the airport, and only e ... more...
La Maison is a bastion of French fun and flair in the middle of Dublin city.
The décor, the menu and the cooking at this Dublin restaurants so authentic that you’ll find yourself transported to France where dozens of great neighbourhoo ... more...
Aka “O'Loclainn's Irish Whiskey Bar”, Peter and Margaret O’Loghlen’s little harbourside bar is the quintessential traditional Irish pub - and one that fans can be sometimes be reluctant to want to share...
It’s very much ... more...