Like many other Irish brewers, owners Emma Devlin and Cathal O’Donoghue’s love of good craft beer began abroad, when they were living in New Zealand. After returning to Ireland, not one but two home brewing competition awards in 2013 spurre ... more...
Set in 900 acres beside the River Maigue, Adare Manor is the former home of the Earls of Dunraven and has been the most impressive manor house in the region since it was built in 1832 - and, while the Dunravens have long since departed, the estate sti ... more...
Although many others have since followed suit, the idea of opening a restaurant in a church was highly original when the late Hans-Peter Matthiae did so in Cashel in 1968. The scale - indeed the whole style of the place - is superb and provides an un ... more...
Just beside the canal harbour in Naas town, Franck Amand's small French restaurant and wine bar has simple décor with a sprinkling of French chic and tables that are quite tightly packed to meet demand - it struck a chord from the outset with l ... more...
This little place offers a stylish way to have a hot meal on a budget: a daily choice of soups and stews is available in three different sizes, with a medium portion and a selection of delicious home-made breads and a piece of fruit.
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Behind a freshly painted traditional blue frontage alongside Timoleague's historic abbey, Michelle O'Mahony and Gavin Moore’s restaurant opened quietly in 2014 - but very soon the word was well and truly out, with fans happily travelling fr ... more...
Horkan’s Lifestyle and Garden Centre, a few hundred metres along the road from the wonderful Museum of Country Life in Turlough, Castlebar, is a garden centre with a difference, one where you could spend many happy hours.
Having browsed to your ... more...
Self catering visitors to the area will be particularly glad to find that Sligo is well supplied with quality food stores, including Catherine Farrell and Annette Burke's deservedly popular shop and deli, where the Ballymaloe trained chefs turn o ... more...
Deirdre McConvey's chic basement café beside O’Brien’s Sandwich Bar on Belfast’s Chichester Street is a real hidden gem.
It’s a small shop with just two tables for customers to sit and have hot chocolate or Suki Tea, wit ... more...
This lively, youthful café-restaurant just off Grafton Street does quality informal food at reasonable prices and is specially noted for its gourmet pizzas - try the Bowery, for example, an Italian sausage pizza with roasted cherry tomatoes, moz ... more...