Family businesses that have been going for generations are always cause for celebration, and there are some well known examples in Ireland in their sixth or seventh generation and going strong. But 13 generations takes some doing and it's hard to get y ... more...
Sligo is a great town for good old-fashioned shop-keeping, and Mary and Norah O'Donnell's excellent wholefood store is one of its best-loved institutions, having supported local producers and supplied the town with a great range of health foods, ... more...
Located above the busy harbour area in one of the most attractive old buildings in Howth village, just before the church, The House is run by proprietor Karl Dillon, formerly of the late-lamented Gruel in Dublin city - and, true to form, the menu state ... more...
Tucked into a traditional residential area behind the north quays, this former grocers is handy to the Four Courts, the Corporation Fruit & Vegetable Market (currently wholesale only, but due for upgrade to include retail space for artisan producer ... more...
Pat O'Brien and family grow a range of floury potatoes, and apples for their O'Briens Apple Juice.
These are sold in this popular farm shop, along with limited amounts of home produced pork and bacon and other local food products including vegetables, ... more...
Renowned in Irish hospitality, the Huggard family celebrated 100 years running hotels in Ireland in 2012 and their history is a proud one. Niall Huggard owns this stunningly located hotel in Killarney and cousins have the famed Butler Arms Hotel in Wat ... more...
Klaw is something of a passion project for owner Niall Sabongi, a committed seafood fan who doesn’t believe that great shellfish should be confined to a formal white linen setting.
The original of what soon became a stable of three city centre s ... more...
Ireland’s original sheep’s milk cheese, Cratloe Hills cheese has been made by Sean and Deirdre Fitzgerald since 1988 and is an early example of the diversification that has since become the norm for Irish family farm.
Produced seasonally a ... more...
Based in the historic village of Glenarm since1989, the Northern Salmon Company produces high quality Glenarm Organic Salmon in the fast flowing sea water off the Antrim coast and is the only Atlantic salmon producer in the Irish Sea.
The salmon of ch ... more...
Born of a desire to see more beer produced by independent brewers in Ireland, Metalman Brewing is the brainchild of beer enthusiasts Gráinne Walsh and Tim Barber, who wanted to see better availability and choice of tasty, authentically Irish bee ... more...