One of Ireland’s most famous butchers and rightly so, McCarthy’s of Kanturk in Co Cork is an institution that is very definitely ‘worth a detour’.
Fifth and sixth generation butchers Jack McCarthy and his son Tim come from a lo ... more...
Continental and Irish traditions meet at this popular bakery. It’s easy to spot thanks to the mural of Ennistymon town by artist Kevin Mulligan that adorns the gable wall and here, behind an otherwise traditional shopfront, lies the genial Stepha ... more...
This extraordinary place is well worth a visit, whether to attend one of its courses - covering a wide range of life skills, including cookery courses, and offered on a regular basis - or just to have a look.
Their Eco-Shop offers seasonal produce fro ... more...
O’Connell’s renowned fish stall began life over 40 years ago, started by the late Kay O’Connell, mother of Paul and Pat, who run it today.
Pat O'Connell's meeting with Britain's Queen Elizabeth here at their English Market stall on ... more...
Parnell Street is mostly known for its Asian restaurants and shops, not the place you’d expect to find an independent café. Owned by chef Barry Stephens, this New York-inspired sandwich bar draws a crowd thanks to its range of gutsy, ... more...
Since 1989 this highly regarded small family run business in the outskirts of Ardglass has been supplying some of the best fresh local seafood to leading hotels and restaurants in the region.
The range they stock is wide (and includes exotics) b ... more...
Yvonne and James Murphy’s slightly scarily named Devour Bakery turns out to be a little honey once you get there, with cheery greetings for the steady stream of customers coming in to buy from their daily baking of breads, scones and pastries, to ... more...
The Quinlan family are renowned in Kerry for the fresh fish that is landed at Caherciveen by their own fishing trawlers, and for a number of well run and successful related businesses. Fresh whitefish and shellfish is sourced from company trawlers and ... more...
A family-owned business inthe city's working harbour area, Galway Bay Seafoods was established in1950 by John V. Holland and currently run by his two sons John Jnr and Noel.
Recently completely revamped, it has a shop offering a wide range of whitefis ... more...
Bramley Lodge is always busy - from eight o'clock every morning right through until the evening, the car park of Gillian Kearney's restaurant-cum-foodstore is full. On the junction to Cobh just off the N25, it is well situated, but there's more going f ... more...
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