When David Llewellyn started out 10 years ago, he was just growing apples and selling them. Then like many other farmers, he started looking for ways to add value to his crop. The first product he developed was apple juice, then in a logical next step, ... more...
This smartly presented shop is just the place to head to for a wide choice of fresh fish and seafood, with good customer service.
Being associated with O’Cathain Iasc Teo,
in the fishing port of Dingle, the focus for most customers will be l ... more...
Chocoholics taking the N4 (Westport road) up to Mayo or Sligo should make a point of building in a caffeine fix (and some healthy home-made food) at Ruth McGarry-Quinn’s relaxed modern café in Longford Town.
For not only do they f ... more...
Dating back to 1822, Dunns of Dublin is Ireland's oldest fish company and remained in the family until it was sold to another family-run company, Oceanpath, in 2006. Their factory is now in Finglas, Dublin 11 (www.dunns.ie), and they have a shop on How ... more...
Established by owner Alma Kinnear in 2004 and now run with her daughter Grace, this little gem is the go-to coffee shop and bakery in the scenic Upper Lough Erne area of Co Fermanagh.
There is nowhere like it for many miles, and this friendly spot att ... more...
Whether to pick up the morning newspaper or drop in for something much tastier, the Manning family’s roadside Aladdin’s cave of good things is not a place to pass by.
A supporter of local West Cork artisan produce for many years, Val Mann ... more...
Café / Dairy / Farmshop / Fruit & Veg / Honey / Meat & Game
In a country where a true Dubliner may still be defined as 'someone who doesn't go home for the weekend', the urban-rural divide is clearly not as embedded as in many other societies. Yet the Irish population is increasingly urbanised, and the boom yea ... more...
With its colourful display of fresh local produce around the doorway like gleaming fruits spilling out from a classic cornucopia, Siobhán Lawlor’s tiny shop in the pretty village of Gowran is a treasure trove of good things for food lovers ... more...
One of Ireland’s most interesting visitor destinations, the Cill Rialaig Arts Centre is the public face of the Cill Rialaig Project which saw the restoration of a remote pre-famine village in the 1990s, to be used as an artists’ retreat.
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Butchers / Internet/Phone Mail Order / Meat & Game
O'Doherty's shop is a model Northern Ireland butchers and you can buy many good things here, including Aberdeen Angus beef from cattle reared naturally on the shores of Lough Erne, and gamefrom local estates. But there is one product that attracts cus ... 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 ...