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Taking The Party Outside With Good Food Ireland
Planning a party or gathering soon and don’t fancy catering for the crowds? That’s fine. You don’t have to! Many of our members are great at putting... -
Long before the potato became a national favourite, the Irish were lovin’ their bread! Nothing much has changed. There’s usually always a brown soda bread loaf with butter and jam and a nice pot of tea, to fill the hunger gap in most Irish homes. A generational tradition that has never lost its charm.
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What Fruit & Vegetables Are In Season For January
That’s the annual gorge fest over for another year! Or is it? With Women’s Little Christmas still to come on January 6th, there’s room for one more... -
Whipping The Herring
Meat-eating has been on the back foot during Lent and especially on Good Friday, for many a long year. Butchers, slaughterhouse workers and meat market... -
Food For Thought
The Road Less Travelled
The Road Less Travelled In the 1970s, I lived on a small Irish farm holding, in the Gaeltacht, in the South West of Ireland for the better part of a year.... -
Eat
Our 6 Best Ice Creams in Ireland – The Inside Scoop
There’s nothing quite like the first ice cream of the summer. It is the taste of lazy, sunny days and long hazy evenings. But ice cream is no longer... -
Destination Spotlight
Ocean Treasure On The Wild Atlantic Way
On a journey from Donegal to Cork, hugging the curves of Ireland’s West Coast, the Wild Atlantic Way weaves its way through nine counties and three of... -
Eat
My Life In Food – Gaz Smith
What was the first dish you ever learned to cook? We didn’t have a culture of cooking in our house as kids, it was mostly convenience food as both parents... -
Travel
Kylemore Abbey – A Great Love Story
With its wind-swept landscapes and romantic remoteness, Connemara invariably captures the hearts of those who visit. One couple who fell hard for Connemara’s... -
Drink
Matching Irish Craft Beer With Food
We are used to matching wine with our food, but how many of us think about what beer to drink with our lunch or dinner, either when we go out, or at home?... -
Drink
Orchard Tales – Cockagee Craft Cider
Once the sun comes out people start to drink cider. That means things start to get busy for cider makers like Mark Jenkinson, who founded The Cider Mill... -
Travel
Altamont Gardens, Carlow Carlow’s Altamont Gardens are as romantic as they are impressive. A charming blend of formal and informal, you’ll find 40 acres of manicured lawns, rare trees, vibrant rhododendrons, elegant yews and exotic shrubs enveloping the creeper-clad old house. Sitting on the banks of the River Slaney, you’ll enjoy views of the Blackstairs Mountains, Wicklow Mountains and nearby Mount Leinster. Stroll through the Arboretum, Bog Garden, Ice Age Glen and Walled Garden and you’ll experience different moods, scents and vistas. Designed by celebrated Irish gardener, William Robinson, look out for the diverse wildlife, including peacocks, squirrels and birdlife who all call this haven home. heritageireland.ie Birr Castle Demesne, Offaly Fabled as much for its scientific significance as its planting, Birr Castle is a wonderland of fun and beauty where superlatives loom large. The award-winning formal gardens are home to an impressive collection of rare plant species while a dramatic hornbeam cloister walk shows off the tallest box hedges in the world. Within the 120 acres, you’ll find the Great Telescope, once the world’s largest, created in the 1840s, by the 3rd Earl of Rosse, and Ireland’s tallest treehouse in the Treehouse Adventure Playground. Current home to the 7th Earl of Rosse, the Parsons family have resided at this magical place since it was first built 400 years ago. birrcastle.com
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Good Food Ireland Smoke Houses
Smoking is an age-old way of preserving foods, long before refrigeration was invented. In its simplest form, the process used salt to ‘cure’ the fresh...