Burren Smokehouse and Visitor Centre

Kincora Road, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare.

Just off the main square in historic Lisdoonvarna, this highly acclaimed, award winning traditional smokehouse owned by Peter and Birgitta Curtin produces superb smoked salmon and locally caught mackerel, and also smokes cheeses from some of Clare’s renowned cheese makers. The Burren smokehouse is also home to a delightful Gourmet Food Shop stoked with superb Irish artisan produce, a charming Craft Shop and a very informative Visitor Centre, where you can see a traditional smoker and view their audio-visual presentation.

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Cavistons Seafood Restaurant & Food Emporium

59 Glasthule Road, Glasthule, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

Based in the quaint south County Dublin village of Glasthule, Peter Caviston's 'Caviston’s Food Emporium', a landmark eatery, has been attracting custom from far and wide for almost 60 years! From its modest fish-shop origins, this family-run business has expanded to provide an impressive range of products spanning the seafood and delicatessen spectrum. For a culinary adventure par excellence, dine at Caviston’s Seafood Restaurant, where the atmosphere matches the food and true freshness, excellence and customer-satisfaction is always guaranteed.

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Connemara Smokehouse and Visitor Centre

Bunowen Pier, Aillebrack, Ballyconneely, Clifden, Co Galway.

Situated on the water's edge at Bunowen Pier, in the heart of Connemara and between Roundstone and Clifden, the Smokehouse has an enviable position. It’s the longest established smokehouse in the area and one of the few remaining specialising in locally caught wild smoked and organic salmon, they also specialise in Irish smoked tuna and gravadlax. Take one of Graham Robert's memorising tours and purchase a great array of traditionally hand-prepared seafood products.

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Fishy Fishy Cafe

Pier Road, Kinsale, Co Cork.

Kinsale is a picturesque, traditional fishing village and at Fishy Fishy Cafe they pride themselves on using the best of local catch that is brought to their doorstep right on the shores of Kinsale Harbour. You could be fooled into thinking you are in California if you eat here on a sunny day as Martin Shanahan’s famous daytime restaurant is influenced by easy, West Coast living, from his time spent working there and enjoying the bounty of the region. This is a seafood lovers dream come true and a must do on the Cork culinary trail!

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Goatsbridge Trout Farm

Thomastown, Co Kilkenny.

Mags and Ger Kirwan are the custodians of a terrific heritage. Their Goatsbridge Trout Farm is located on the River Little Arrigle, which has been fished intermittently since the twelfth century! Today, their premium product is on the menus in many of the greatest Irish restaurants and their hot smoked trout is among the favourite staples on Irish dinner tables. We visit this passionate duo at the farm outside Thomastown in Kilkenny and are enthralled by their knowledge, enthusiasm and connection to the land on which they live and work. The Kirwans are fiercely passionate and determined operators, they know the value of the provenance of their product and are fully immersed in the history and hard work that is their heritage and that is why there are members of Good Food Ireland.

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Kay O'Connell

13-20 Grand Parade Market, Grand Parade, Cork.

Kay O’Connell’s famous award winning flagship fish market stall in Cork City’s English Market, has been established for over fifty years and sells an array of fresh fish, shellfish, seafood deli items including their famous Battle-board or Salted-Ling, more recently their homemade Sushi and their own smoked salmon cured to a special recipe. Kay's sons Pat and Paul O'Connell now run the stall and continue the commitment to supplying their loyal customers with the freshest quality fish.

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McConnells Gourmet Smoked Foods

Unit 2, Whitestown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

McConnell’s Fish Shop was previously located on Dublin’s Grafton Street, but due to high rents moved to its present location in 1995. They still supply the best hotels and restaurants around the Dublin area and have won numerous awards for their Smoked Salmon and GravadLax as well as Smoked Chicken and Duck.

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Wrights of Howth - Howth

14 West Pier, Howth, Co Dublin

In 1893 the Wright family began smoking Irish Salmon. The craft has been passed down through the generations and little has changed. We still fillet the fish by hand and cure using only natural sea salt. We then smoke each fish for eight hours using pure oak chippings which give our product its world renowned flavour. This year, due to conservation of our Wild Salmon stocks, Wrights of Howth have now moved to producing Organic Irish Smoked Salmon, for which we won the Gold Great Taste Award 2009.

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