Eileen and Leo Halliday's well-stocked little shop sells handmade Connemara baskets, and provides a showcase for many excellent artisan products, both local and from further afield, but mainly Irish: Connemara smoked salmon, Irish farmhouse cheeses, yu ... more...
Eileen Gallagher and Neil Hougardy provide a great service for discerning residents and the many visitors to this popular holiday area, by offering a range of hard to find wines and carefully sourced foods, from Ireland and beyond.
Over a thousand pro ... more...
Craft bakers since 1957, the current Master Baker, John Edwards, maintains the tradition of using the best of ingredients for the home made breads, cakes buns and biscuits on sale in the shop and served in the café. Outside catering service also ... more...
A branch of the excellent Limerick family fishmongers business, founded by the late Rene Cusack and now run by his son Paul (and descended from a business established by Paul’s great grandfather a century ago).
They offer a wide range of top qua ... more...
While it is mainly a fish mongers, offering a wide choice of fresh seafood, this stylish shop also sells organic meats and vegetables, Irish artisan foods and deli products including ready meals prepared by Roly’s of Ballsbridge.
Innovative and ... more...
As implied by the whimsical name of her business, there is indeed a touch of magic about chef Mary Teehan’s chocolate creations, and chocoholics visiting the Kilkenny area would do well to seek them out.
Mary is something of a legend in her area ... more...
The Clarke family’s 56 acre soft fruit farm is one of the largest in Ireland. producing over 700 tonnes of fruit a year. Strawberries are the main crop, also raspberries, blackberries and blueberries, which are the latest addition to the r ... more...
Ask anyone in Northern Ireland about Punjana Tea and you’ll be in no doubt that you’ve touched on something central to the culture - even people who never drink tea (and there aren’t too many of those) will probably break into the fam ... more...
Open since 2015, this modest takeaway on a busy city junction quickly established itself as a cult destination - and no wonder: Takashi Miyazaki's cooking is a revelation.
It's a tiny place with just a few seats, six stools in all, and a narrow shelf, ... more...
Sligo native Aisling Kelly returned to her home town in 2014 to open this friendly café in the premises that was once her family’s pub.
Situated near the bridge and just a stone's throw from the famous statue of WB Yeats, this well-named ... more...
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.
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.
A carefully selected hamper always makes a good Christmas present, but this year it’s different - hampers and gift boxes are not only a pleasure to give and to receive, but also a lifeline for artisan producers who have found so many of their routes to market closed off in recent months...
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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 they are 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 prettiest places in Ireland, Kenmare puts the emphasis on civic pride.
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.
Between the sheltered bays at the foot of the Glens of Antrim, the sea cliffs of the headlands soar with remarkable rock formations which, on the North Coast, provide the setting for the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge and the Giant's Causeway.
A selective companion guide to our famous broad-based online collection, the ‘glovebox bible’ includes a uniquely diverse range of Ireland's greatest places to ...