Brehon Brewhouse is set amongst the rolling drumlins of Patrick Kavanagh country in County Monaghan – hence the inspiration for the names of their Stony Grey IPA and Shanco Dubh porter. Open since April 2014 but already in the process of expand ... more...
Co Offaly is home to some outstanding dairy producers – one of the best known is the Cleary family’s Glenisk Organic Dairy, which is situated beside the family farm at Killeigh and is Ireland’s largest organic dairy food producer.
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Ronan Byrne - AKA The Friendly Farmer - is a familiar figure at Galway and Moycullen farmers’ markets, where he sells the free range meat and - especially - poultry - produced on the 35 acre farm outside Athenry in East Galway where he grew up, a ... more...
Built in the 1770s by Wills Hill (Ireland’s largest landowner, first Marquess of Downshire and Secretary of the American Colonies), Hillsborough Castle is a splendid late Georgian ‘Big House’ with a fascinating history. Today it is ... more...
Not your average sheep farmer, Michael Keegan is one of a new breed of resourceful young farmers who are determined to find viable ways to stay on the land. Michael and his wife Hannah have developed an interesting combination of enterprises - includin ... more...
Named after two brothers and third generation bakers, Michael and Dermot Walsh, this highly regarded bakery is one of the four bakeries recognised by Euro-Toques for continuing to include the traditional Waterford blaa (EU PGI status) in their ran ... more...
Family connections in India source top quality, ultra-fresh spices for Arun Kapil and his Green Saffron team, who then distribute them nationally, use them for their in-house curry nights (see website) and do things which make them peculiarly Irish - e ... more...
Handy to the town but away from the through traffic, and conveniently located for visitors to the Old Midleton Distillery, Gordon and Alison Callinan’s café, foodstore and bakery has earned a following for its good traditional cooking and ... more...
Founded in 1995, Mac’s Armagh Cider is the focal point of the Armagh ‘revivalist’ cider movement. Only traditional cider techniques are used – no dyes, no preservatives. Local fruit is crushed, fermented, racked, matured, blende ... more...
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 ...