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Since buying Tankardstown House in 2002, Trish and Brian Conroy have restored and renovated this lovely period property near Slane with consideration and taste – and, thanks to their efforts, it also stands proud once again on the parkland that belonged to the original estate.
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List of the Best of the Best places to eat, drink & stay from Georgina Campbell's Ireland including starred restaurants, deluxe hotels and outstanding pubs...

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True Grit - Irish Hospitality Leaders Show The Way Forward - At the 2012 Georgina Campbell Awards

Representatives of the very best in Irish hospitality gathered at Bord Bia in Dublin today Tuesday 11th October, for the announcement of the 2012 Georgina Campbell Awards, associated with the respected Georgina Campbell’s Ireland independent hospitality guides, and Ireland’s most popular independent hospitality and travel website www.ireland-guide.com.
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Handsome is as handsome does, and there is no doubting that the TASTE Council lived up to its name (and then some) at the first National Food Symposium - or Summer School - on ‘the current and future contribution of the artisan and speciality food sector to the Irish economy’.
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Beautifully situated near Smerwick Harbour on the Slea Head scenic drive and Dingle Way walking route, Sile and Vincent Gorman's guesthouse is, as they say themselves "just a great place to relax and unwind". It's a lovely place to stay, at any time of year, and the Gormans are knowledgeable and helpful hosts...
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A family invitation to attend the inaugural Westport Food Festival (2-4 September 2011) got us itching to head west, so we bundled our two little boys into the car and hit the road, heading for the Hotel Westport. Centrally located and within pleasant walking distance of everything in the town, this hospitable and well run hotel is a favourite destination as it makes a relaxing base for family breaks, with excellent leisure facilities.
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Full on kitchen gardening has been a new experience for thousands of allotment virgins this last couple of years, and it’s a fair bet that a good few are wondering what on earth to do with all this sudden abundance of food. There are quite a few things you can do with excess fruit and vegetables, and some of them could make you money.
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I recently spent a fantastic afternoon foraging in the rock pools on Ballyandreen strand close to Ballycotton in East Cork. It was one of a series of East Cork Slow Food Events to teach some Forgotten Skills, in this case how to identify and harvest edible seaweeds. Bruce Macdonald was our guide; he has developed a business called Coppercoast Tours showing people how to collect food sustainably on the seashore...
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The whole of Europe, it seems, is going out of its way to designate its traditional and geographically specific foods as PGI, PDO or TSG. Ireland however, lags chronically behind the rest of the EU in adding this valuable marker to foods and drinks. Oliver Moore investigates.
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If you allow it to be, the harvest can be a time of incredible celebration, and it is quite right that it should be so. We should be celebrating at this time of the year even though it might be kind of quaint to do so. The joy of the harvest is something that the food chain’s assault on seasonality has deprived us of, for if every vegetable is available all the year round, then of course there is no reason to celebrate the harvest months.
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