Mountain lamb is a seasonal speciality – the earliest they reach the market is late July, high season is from late August to October, with some available even later. A diet of heather, wild grasses and herbs creates the very special flavour of Ke ... more...
Nicole Dunphy's artisan confectionery range is a relatively recent addition to market for high quality treats in Ireland, but the simple philosophy ('The secret to our taste is using the best ingredients') and visual appeal - of the big handmade lollip ... more...
Fish & Seafood / Fish Shop / Food Market / Online Shop
Renowned throughout the North-West and beyond, 'Clarke's Master Fishmongers & Salmon Smokers since1945' has recently been transformed into Clarke's Seafood Delicatessen, a bright modern shop offering wines, Irish farmhouse cheeses and other special ... more...
Fourth generation farmers, the Robinson family - Lorna and Sam,sons Robert and Richard, with occasional help from their nursing daughter, Clare - focus on beef (Aberdeen Angus/Limousin cross heifers), lamb (Texel cross) and free-range egg production on ... more...
Tucked away on a garage forecourt in Ballinrobe is a tiny shop and production unit creating exceptional handmade chocolates under the brand name Van Velze. Husband and wife team Rob Van Velze and Deborah Kilroy met in Australia and spent a dozen years ... more...
Farmshop / Food Market / Fruit & Veg / Meat & Game / Online Shop
Dating back to the purchase of the farm by Sam McKee in 1922, Colin McKee is now the third generation to run the family farm in the Craigantlet hills, where they very successfully sell both their own farm produce - beef, pork and vegetables - and a ran ... more...
David McEvoy sells carefully reared and aged meats and is especially know for his free range poultry - both chickens and the organic free range bronze turkeys reared for Christmas.
Also stocks other products, including Sowans organic bread mixes. C ... more...
“Across from the church and near Dick Mack’s”, the Flannery family's seafood bar and takeaway is easy to find - and it's all hands on deck at this popular spot, with half a dozen family members playing key roles in the uniquely sustai ... more...
Despite recent development at this seaside village, Barna has retained some of its old charm around the harbour area – and its location, handy to both Connemara and Galway City, is a huge attraction. And so is this unique hotel which, alt ... more...
Café / Eggs / Farmshop / Fruit & Veg / Meat & Game / Poultry
No ordinary farm - Tom and Patricia Gilbert's farm, near Carrickfergus, was the first in Co Antrim to achieve organic certification from the Soil Association in the early '90s, and then the first in Northern Ireland to have an organic farm outlet - and ... more...